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Attorney General Todd Blanche appeared on Fox News Sunday to refute claims that election monitors for the midterm elections would be armed. He dismissed these assertions as fearmongering and false, emphasizing that the Department of Justice has safeguarded elections since the 1960s without deploying armed personnel. Blanche highlighted plans to deploy up to 1,000 monitors in the 2026 elections, a significant increase from previous years but still not involving armed agents as some Democrats have alleged. He stressed that these monitors would operate impartially across all states to ensure fair and legal elections.
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On Sunday, Attorney General Todd Blanche appeared on Fox News to reject claims about armed election monitors during midterms. He dismissed these reports as fearmongering and false, stating they were harmful to public discourse. Blanche highlighted that Harmeet Dhillon, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division, announced in August that the DOJ plans to deploy 1,000 election monitors in the 2026 elections, which is a record high compared to previous deployments of between 200 and 800 monitors. Blanche emphasized that the Justice Department has been safeguarding elections since the 1960s, adding that President Trump's administration was continuing this long-standing tradition rather than initiating any new practices. He criticized Senator Tammy Baldwin for her June press release suggesting President Trump considered sending armed federal agents to polling locations, calling such claims unfair and misleading.
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Attorney General Todd Blanche on Sunday rejected the idea that election monitors being deployed to polls during the midterm elections will be armed, categorizing the notion as fearmongering and false.
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monitors → reject → fearmongering
Blanche sat down with Fox News Sunday and explained that the Justice Department‘s monitoring of elections is not a new initiative, adding that Congress should be thanking the Trump administration for ensuring fair elections.
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Congress → sit → elections
The attorney general reacted to a June press release from Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) in which she claimed President Donald Trump was weighing whether or not to send “armed federal agents to our schools, churches, fire stations, and other polling locations.”
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Trump → react → schools
“I wish that the senators and the congressmen that are saying these fearmongering, false statements would just not do that.
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that → wish → that
It’s not fair to the American people,” Blanche said, adding that the DOJ has safeguarded elections since the 1960s.
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DOJ → ’ → 1960s
“President Trump is doing the same thing that every single administration has done in our administration.”
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administration → do → administration
Harmeet Dhillon, the assistant attorney general for the Civil Rights Division, announced in August that the DOJ plans to deploy 1,000 election monitors in the 2026 elections, a record number as the department has typically sent out between 200 and 800 monitors.
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department → announce → monitors
Blanche said lawmakers who oppose election monitors are reacting inaccurately.
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who → say → monitors
“What these senators should be saying is ‘thank God that we have a government that’s ready to show up,” he said.
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he → say → government
“We’re hoping to have 1,000 or more.
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We → hop → 1,000
They are not going to Republican states.
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They → go → states
They’re not going to Democrat states.
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They → go → states
They’re going to every state to make sure that our elections are carried out legally, fairly, and appropriately.”
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elections → go → state
He added that the claim that the monitors will be “armed federal agents” is “completely false” and they will be the same monitors as in elections past.
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they → add → elections
Democrats have warned in recent months that Trump is planning to send Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents or the National Guard to polling stations, as the president has made election security one of his key objectives in his second term.
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security → warn → term
In May, Trump said he would do “anything necessary” to ensure fair elections, appearing to leave the possibility of sending federal agents to the ballot boxes on the table.
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he → say → table
On Thursday, the president changed his tune, saying he has not thought about deploying ICE in the November elections.
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he → change → elections
White House border czar Tom Homan said last month that there are no plans in place to send ICE to polling sites.
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Homan → say → sites
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