Trump has said that the United States shouldn’t have midterm elections this year because midterm voters often vote against the president’s party. Democratic congressional leaders have said they expect Trump to disrupt and dispute the midterms.

“It’s some deep psychological thing, but when you win the presidency, you don’t win the midterms,” Trump told Reuters in a recent interview. He then boasted that his presidency had accomplished so much that “when you think about it, we shouldn’t even have an election.”

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) told the Associated Press that Democrats are concerned that Trump will try to prevent open and fair midterm elections.

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    11 hours ago

    Did America vote against the president in the last midterms? I seem to remember MAGA wanted a red wave and got sweet fuck all.

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      4 hours ago

      Republicans WON the house. That is not a victory for democrats, losing by less, in the house at that, majority rule.

      Democrats never win the house or senate, the republicans lose it Until you fix that, all energy in politics is ultimately futile. New Deal or republican rule.

      And it might be too late already, because you all trusted the establishment to know what they are doing. Still believing their reason for being is winning elections, when it is preventing popular reform.