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Trump obliterates an aide’s efforts to downplay his comments – again

At this point, when an aide or adviser to Donald Trump offers to translate something the president has said, you should probably assume they have no idea what they’re talking about.

Trump on Tuesday laid waste to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt’s efforts to pretend he didn’t say something as controversial as he did. And this has become an altogether familiar exercise.

The controversy du jour in the Trump administration right now is Trump having floated nationalizing elections.

“The Republicans should say, ‘We want to take over,’” Trump told former FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino in a podcast episode published Monday. “We should take over the voting, the voting in at least many — 15 places. The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting.”

Indiana legislative leaders reject Trump's suggestion of 'taking over' elections

Indiana legislative leaders aren't on board with President Donald Trump's suggestion that Republicans nationalize elections, instead reaffirming the role of the state in election administration.

Speaking at the Oval Office on Feb. 3, Trump suggested federal agents could count votes and run elections instead of state election officials while repeating unsubstantiated claims of widespread voter fraud in 2020.

But Republican legislative leaders for both chambers insisted the issue should remain with the states, as the U.S. Constitution directs.

Though Indiana is unlikely to be the target of such efforts, Trump's rhetoric foreshadows a potential clash between state and federal officials this November at a time where a growing sector of the public distrusts the integrity of U.S. elections.

It’s already too late to change the voting rules for November

Election administrators are already hard at work getting things set up.

Imagine this Sunday, the team captains for the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots meet at the 50-yard line for the coin toss.

But just before they toss the coin, an NFL official comes on the PA system to make a few last-minute announcements: There are now three downs instead of four, a touchdown is now worth eight points and each quarter is now 20 minutes instead of 15.

Both teams would be scrambling. The 70,000 fans in Levi’s Stadium and the 200 million watching on TV around the world would struggle to recall the rule changes. And after the game, the losing team’s fans would cry foul.

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