Welcome to From the Politics Desk, a daily newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the White House, Capitol Hill and the campaign trail.Subscribe to read this story ad-freeGet unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.In today’s edition, we sort through the fallout from President Donald Trump’s speech on elections.Plus, Adam Edelman dives into the increasingly murky Democratic primary for Wisconsin governor.
Sign up to receive this newsletter in your inbox every weekday here.— Adam WollnerTrump election speech fallout felt across the country and the globeThe ripple effects from President Donald Trump’s speech to the nation last night sowing doubt about election integrity four months out from the midterms were felt across the country and the globe today.Here’s what to know.Fact check: Trump’s sweeping claims of foreign interference in elections and the vulnerability of voting to attacks aren’t fully backed up by the newly declassified files released by his administration, Jane C.
Timm reports.Voter files: Trump said China had obtained hundreds of millions of voter registration records, but, as Ben Kamisar explains, such data is already widely available from states and companies, sometimes for a fee.In Washington: Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin threatened state election officials with possible prison time if they don’t comply with Trump administration methods to determine whether noncitizens are on voter rolls, Rebecca Shabad writes.
Republican pushback: Speaking at the Aspen Security Forum, Sen.John Cornyn, who lost his GOP primary in Texas this year to a Trump-backed challenger, said: “We have 109 days until the midterm elections, and I don’t understand talking about what happened six years ago in light of these upcoming elections.”Across the Pacific: Jennifer Jett notes that Trump’s revived accusations of Chinese interference in U.S.
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