President Trump is at it again, accusing his political opponents of fraud and corruption. This time, he is targeting ActBlue, a major fundraising platform for Democratic candidates at the local, state and national levels.

Since 2004, when it was established, ActBlue has collected almost $17 billion for Democrats and affiliated causes. In the 2024 election alone, it raised more than $1 billion — far outstripping the $600 million raised by the Republican-affiliated WinRed.

Like any other organization of such scope and magnitude, ActBlue is far from perfect. Among other things, it has recently been plagued by sudden staff turnover. But given its success and importance to Democrats, it is not surprising that the president and his supporters in Congress would try to cripple it. That’s what 21st-century authoritarians do: They retain the forms of democracy but do everything they can to tip the scales in their favor.

In this case, Trump is drawing from a familiar playbook, clothing his latest act of election interference with the pretext that he is protecting election integrity.

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