The Political Scene | The New Yorker

Donald Trump Can’t Quit the 2020 Election

July 18, 2026·46 min·6-min readroundtablenews
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Donald Trump's primetime address on election integrity was a reheated collection of debunked 2020 fraud claims, lacking new evidence but strategically aimed at undermining trust in the 2026 midterm elections. The speech served less as policy and more as a pre-emptive narrative to blame el

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Jane Mayer

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Donald TrumpJane MayerEvan OsnosSusan GlasserTodd BlancheJay Clayton

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AuthoritarianismCriminal JusticeDemocracyElectionsForeign PolicyInvestigative JournalismPolitical NewsUs Politics

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