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Krishnamoorthi criticizes Trump's election address
Illinois congressman says Trump's election proposals could expand federal control ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
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Pranavi Sharma - Fri, 17, Jul 2026
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Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi / IANS
Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi criticized President Donald Trump's primetime address on election security Thursday, accusing the president of using selectively declassified intelligence to advance unsupported claims about the 2020 election and warning that his proposed reforms could expand federal control over future elections.
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Krishnamoorthi issued the statement after Trump announced a broad election agenda that included the release of declassified intelligence records, new federal investigations into election-related matters and a legislative push to tighten voting requirements before the 2026 midterm elections.
Trump said his administration would direct multiple federal agencies to investigate why intelligence related to alleged election threats had been withheld, work with state and local officials to address cybersecurity vulnerabilities in election systems and urge Congress to pass the SAVE America Act, which would require photo identification and proof of U.S. citizenship to vote while limiting mail voting to specific circumstances.
In his response, Krishnamoorthi, a senior member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, disputed Trump's characterization of the declassified material.
"I've spent years confronting the very real threats posed by China, Russia, and other foreign adversaries," Krishnamoorthi said.
"Tonight, President Trump selectively declassified intelligence to try to rewrite the history of an election he lost. Even his own document release does not support his claim that the 2020 election was stolen."
Krishnamoorthi said the records instead reaffirmed longstanding conclusions about foreign interference.
"It confirms what we've long known: foreign adversaries targeted our democracy, but there is no evidence they changed a single vote or altered the casting or counting of ballots," he said. "President Trump lost the 2020 election fair and square."
The Illinois lawmaker also criticized the administration's approach to election security and intelligence agencies.
"If he cared about election security, he wouldn't be putting unqualified political loyalists in charge of our intelligence agencies or weakening the agencies responsible for protecting our elections from foreign threats," Krishnamoorthi said.
He argued that the administration was "reviving conspiracy theories about mail voting, pushing voter suppression, and laying the groundwork for an unprecedented federal takeover of our elections — all while ignoring the real challenges facing American families."
Trump, during his White House address, said the measures were intended to strengthen confidence in U.S. elections before the 2026 midterm contests. He said election integrity should be a bipartisan issue and described the administration's actions as part of a broader effort to improve election security and address vulnerabilities in the nation's voting systems.
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