Very disturbing, from Sen. Mark Warner:
“I’m seriously concerned about the ways this administration could be planning to interfere in our elections.
It started with the ballot grab in Fulton County… but I don’t think it’s stopping there. This week, I’m calling attention to the ways this administration might be planning to meddle in the midterms – from their defunding of all our cyber defenses to their attempts to “find fraud” from 2020 to their promotion of election deniers. I walk you through what we all need to be on the lookout for and what I’m working on to hold this administration accountable.
0:29 – Why was Tulsi in Fulton County? 2:38 – After Fulton County, where is this administration going next? 4:24 – What has this administration already accomplished on interference? 8:32 – What I’m working on to stop this.”
A few other highlights from Sen. Warner’s video:
- “I never thought I’d have to ever say this, but I am seriously concerned about the security and integrity of our elections in 2026. And if we have a corrupted election, I’m not sure how our country ever comes back.”
- “…to have the director of national intelligence involved in grabbing ballots, if it doesn’t scare you, well, it should. “
- “Ironically, much of the election security that was put in place was put in place during President Trump’s first term…Now in Trump 2, CISA has been eviscerated.”
- “What would this look like? The possible intervention. Well, you could see direct takeover of our elections. You could see changing polling stations at the last minute the way we saw recently in Texas. You could actually see ICE agents appear at elections, which would have a chilling effect, particularly to Latino voters…with the sophistication now of deep fake technology, AIdriven deep fake technology. you could create the images, put them out that appeared to be ICE agents and float that a couple days before an election day and you would drive out down turnout dramatically.”
- “All of this coming to pass with a president who has made it explicitly clear that he will do anything to protect his position in power. We are in such uncharted territory…”
- “I believe this is one of the great threats to our democracy”
