Answered from Trump Puts the Mid in Midterms · Pod Save America · 2026-10-30
Dan Pfeiffer said Trump would like to interfere but mostly wants voters to believe he will, so that they stay home. Trump does not run, schedule, count or certify elections, Pfeiffer said. He also noted that more than 40 million people had already voted and that Democratic election lawyers have prepared for years. His advice was to vote and stay calm, because a large margin is the hardest result to overturn.
“Donald Trump has a lot less power than he thinks he has when it comes to elections.” Dan Pfeiffer · at 58:37 — open in the transcript →
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