Breaking MSNOW: Trump Fires Members of Federal Election Agency

[senseandsensibility]

Jen Psaki lead with this on her show. More details will be forthcoming.

[Captain Zero]

1. He is attacking the fall elections.

Nt

[senseandsensibility]

3. Absolutely

I'm glad that Newsom is at least making an effort to fight back. Hope other states do too.

[SergeStorms]

18. Why stop now?

He's had his tiny little hands in every election since he rode down the golden escalator. Why on earth would he leave this one alone?

[hookaleft]

2. Trump fires all Election Assistance Commission members, leaving agency unable to act

The firings leave the federal election agency with no commissioners as Trump seeks to reshape voting rules.

President Donald Trump fired all three remaining members of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission on Thursday, abruptly disabling the only federal agency devoted solely to election administration at a moment when Trump has sought to reshape federal voting rules.

The two Democratic commissioners, Thomas Hicks and Benjamin Hovland, were notified by email. “On behalf of President Donald J. Trump, I am writing to inform you that your position as Commissioner of the Election Assistance Commission is terminated, effective immediately. Thank you for your service,” the email said. It was signed by Morgan DeWitt Snow, deputy director of presidential personnel in the Executive Office of the President.

https://www.votebeat.org/national/2026/07/09/trump-fires-election-assistance-commission-members-hicks-hovland-mccormick/

[dalton99a]

5. +1

[underpants]

7. He's throwing every monkey wrench he can find.

[popsdenver]

22. People, "Trump" per se, is not doing this

The Republican Party is doing this !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Being lead by the 2025 fanatics !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Their move to FASCISM is accelerating every day.............

[SergeStorms]

19. Correction.

The Heritage Foundation fires all Election Assistance Commission members.....

Trump couldn't possibly think of these things himself. He can't remember who he's sitting next to when they're right beside him. His mind is a wasteland.

[Walleye]

4. He is really scared. He knows all this crap he's trying to do will be wiped out when the Democrats get in power.

There will be nothing left of Trump, but the bad taste

[lastlib]

6. The corrupt Six basturds on SCOTUS enabled this!

Court reform becomes more essential than ever. For me, it will be a litmus test for candidates until it happens.

[onenote]

8. He may be cutting off his nose to spite his face

The FEC could have served as a vehicle for implementing some election practices Trump favors but now it can’t do anything. And getting replacements confirmed before November will be challenging.

[hookaleft]

9. also the law that created the agency says that there must be

2 dems and 2 reps

[Maru Kitteh]

13. Fetterman and Gabbard.

[Maru Kitteh]

12. Confirmation isn't even a formality, he seems to prefer "acting" heads

of agencies.

[onenote]

21. As the story indicates, that isn't applicable here.

[struggle4progress]

10. Carroll shows he grabs em by the pussy. Epstein suggests he does so no matter how young they are.

Stories like this show he's desperate to burn everything down to avoid Judgment Day

[Seinan Sensei]

20. ⬆️ This explains soooo much ⬆️

[spanone]

11. See, there is fraud in our election system.

[bif]

14. Dupe

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100221364720

[BurnDoubt]

15. This is an admission that...

They can’t win a free, fair Election, so… Rig It!!!!!

[popsdenver]

16. PEOPLE, it is not Trump

SAY REPUBLICANS...... they are realistically doing all this shit, and just saying Trump did it, so they can use him as a scapegoat for everything at some point in the future.......and they can quietly walk away clean from all the carnage that they have brought down on this nation, and the world......

Reagan was just a pawn......HW and his Republican CABAL shoved through everything that destroyed the middle class.

WBush was just a pawn......Cheney/Rumsfeld/Republicans used W as a front man, while they all worked in the shadows accomplishing everything Cheney put in Project PNAC and started the IRAQ war so he and his oil buddies could divide up IRAQ Oil

[Karasu]

17. This. Ever since Trump refused to concede, the entire party has normalized it. The aftermath of this election is going

to be a shitshow of lawsuits to be decided in the courts, like virtually everything else nowadays thanks to this fascist regime removing all forms of accountability they can.