Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin openly threatened to jail state officials who refuse to cooperate with the Trump administration’s so-called election security “program,” which includes scrubbing voter rolls in an attempted power grab of the midterm elections. However, California Gov. Gavin Newsom dared Mullin to try.
Markwayne Mullin says he’s making “mandatory” changes to elections, including requiring states to “scrub” their voter rolls pic.twitter.com/p5aRegbgaI
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 17, 2026
They are deadly serious about stealing the November elections. Last night was about further weakening the trust of Americans in their electoral system. But they have many other cards to play as they seek to turn the US into a dictatorship https://t.co/WzvkDwzLvx
— John O’Brennan (@JohnOBrennan2) July 17, 2026
California has free, fair, and secure elections and we will fight for them.
— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) July 17, 2026
Try us. https://t.co/apFpjuGWn3
(Sources: Newsmax, X)