Asked by reporters about Trump’s unambiguous call “to nationalise the voting,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt attempted to spin his authoritarian urge as merely an endorsement of Republicans’ desire for a voter ID law.

“What the president was referring to is the SAVE Act,” she said Tuesday, referring to Republican legislation that would likely disenfranchise millions of voters. “Because it provides very common sense measures for voting in our country, such as voter ID.”

Leavitt added........

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