Trump's Building a National Database of Every Voter in America

Watch the full Daily DeFranco Show: https://www.youtube.com/@PhilipDeFranco?sub_confirmation=1 Get More News Clips: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpLB7kBu9O5dbBKhaIOmqcQ?sub_confirmation=1 A federal judge just shut down Trump’s attempt to obtain sensitive voter data in Michigan, delivering a major loss in a state that Trump has made a key target. Right, last summer, the DOJ began requesting that every state turn over complete voter rolls, including driver’s license numbers, Social Security numbers, email addresses, phone numbers, party registrations, and voter participation histories. Now, the Trump administration, for its part, has argued that the move is part of a broader effort to centralize election data in a national voting database. But in a draft agreement sent to the states that was obtained by the Brennan Center, the DOJ specifically said it would conduct its own analysis of states’ voter files and then order the states to remove specific voters from the rolls. Right, to be clear, that is something that has NEVER happened before. States, not the federal government, are given legal authority to add and remove voters. And many experts have raised concerns that the Trump administration will try to improperly remove valid voters from the rolls in order to directly suppress Democratic votes and boost the Republicans' chances of winning. And that’s especially alarming given the fact that around 11 states have already complied or said they would comply with the requests to turn over incredibly sensitive voter information. But the majority of states — both Democratic and Republican — have refused the administration’s demands. So, as a result, the DOJ has sued over 20 states — most of which have Democratic governors — to try and force them to hand over the data. And in its lawsuit against Michigan, the DOJ specifically argued that it was entitled to know the personal information of Michigan voters in order to “prevent the inclusion of ineligible voters” and to combat “voter fraud.” But yesterday, a federal judge in Michigan — who was actually appointed by Trump — rejected those claims and dismissed the case. —————————— Produced by: Cory Ray, Philip DeFranco Edited by: James Girardier, Maxwell Enright, Julie Goldberg, Christian Meeks, Matthew Henry Art Department: William Crespo Writing/Research: Lili Stenn, Philip DeFranco ———————————— #Trump #Elections #DOJ