参议院民主党人指责总统唐纳德·特朗普试图干预即将到来的选举周期，而参议院共和党人则对此予以驳斥。
众议院共和党人上周再次将选举诚信问题推到风口浪尖，他们要求在特朗普与参议院少数党领袖、纽约州民主党人查克·舒默达成的政府资助协议中纳入选民身份证立法。
尽管这一协议最终未能实现，但这一说法和立法推动仍在持续。
图恩拒绝特朗普全国化选举的呼吁，警告民主党人也曾有过类似行为
唐纳德·特朗普总统于2026年2月1日在佛罗里达州棕榈滩的海湖庄园向记者和媒体成员发表讲话。(Al Drago/Getty Images)
特朗普本周呼吁共和党人将选举全国化；联邦调查局对佐治亚州富尔顿县的一个选举中心进行了突袭，而参议院共和党人中的一批人正推动《SAVE美国法案》在参议院获得通过。
参议院民主党人认为这些举动正在为2026年中期选举周期中的选举干预奠定基础——这一点多年来他们一直指责特朗普和共和党人。
“我认为随着特朗普变得越来越绝望，他正在寻找任何能在共和党人不获胜时操纵选举的方法，”康涅狄格州民主党参议员克里斯·墨菲告诉福克斯新闻数字版。”他认为这是不公平的，所以他想倾斜规则以确保民主党人不会获胜。”
“所以，我认为我们最终必须非常警惕这一点，”他继续说道。”宪法非常明确，联邦政府不能管理州级选举，但这并不意味着他不会尝试。”
共和党人和特朗普在选民身份证法案上遭遇参议院阻碍
2025年10月23日，在华盛顿特区美国国会大厦投票期间拍摄的埃莉萨·斯洛特金参议员。(Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images)
这一指控让参议院共和党人感到不满，特别是在国会民主党人在2020年选举后就选举诚信问题猛烈抨击共和党人，以及民主党人在乔·拜登前总统任内推动了自己的全面选举改革方案之后。
密苏里州共和党参议员埃里克·施密特告诉福克斯新闻数字版，民主党人的指控是”荒谬的”。
“听起来像是一个阴谋论，”施密特说。
“我认为特朗普总统非常关心我们选举的诚信，”他继续说道。”如果你问美国人民，他们压倒性地支持选民身份证制度。所以，看看吧，他们每周都有新的一周愤怒点。”
特朗普关于选举全国化的言论首先是在接受前联邦调查局副局长丹·邦吉诺的播客采访时发表的，总统说：”共和党人应该说，’我们想要接管，我们应该接管至少15个地方的投票。’”
密歇根州民主党参议员埃莉萨·斯洛特金回击称，民主党政治家不需要介入这个问题，因为特朗普”亲口说了这些话”。
“你可以相信总统的话，相信他说的内容，”斯洛特金告诉福克斯新闻数字版。”自2020年选举失利以来，他就对这个问题着迷，当然对富尔顿县着迷，现在他因为这种痴迷而将联邦政府武器化。”
舒默在特朗普支持的停摆协议中否决共和党人推动的”吉姆·克劳时代”选民身份证法律
犹他州共和党参议员迈克·李希望众议院共和党人推动反对特朗普支持的政府资助协议，并要求该协议包含国土安全部资金和他的选民身份证立法。(Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images)
但一些参议院共和党人对特朗普希望对选举实施更多联邦控制的要求表示反对。
他们认为，这一要求直接违背了宪法，宪法规定选举由州和地方层面管理，联邦政府影响极小。参议院多数党领袖、南达科他州共和党人约翰·图恩也对这种想法泼冷水。
“我认为，分散的、分权的州级选举是防止黑客攻击和其他问题的保护措施，所以攻击50个系统比攻击一个系统要困难得多，”图恩说。”所以，如果这是问题所在，我相信大多数这些（选举）事务至少应由各州管理。在投票权问题上，公民身份可能是一个例外。”
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尽管有人推动通过《SAVE美国法案》（该法案将包括选民身份证、注册投票时的公民身份证明以及其他改革），但它不太可能在参议院获得通过。
这是因为需要60票才能克服阻挠议事的门槛，而且参议院民主党人几乎一致反对这项立法，参议院少数党领袖查克·舒默（D-NY）称其为”吉姆·克劳2.0版”。
尽管如此，该法案最直言不讳的三位支持者——犹他州共和党参议员迈克·李、威斯康星州共和党参议员罗恩·约翰逊和佛罗里达州共和党参议员里克·斯科特——周四与特朗普会面，讨论前进的道路。
“民主党人正竭尽全力阻止美国选举中实施选民身份证和公民身份证明制度，”李在一份声明中告诉福克斯新闻数字版。”民主党人要求没有人询问选举安全和不当行为的问题。这种投射令人瞠目结舌。”
亚历克斯·米勒是福克斯新闻数字版报道美国参议院的撰稿人。
Republicans blast Democrats’ Trump election meddling claims as hypocritical ‘conspiracy theory’
Senate Democrats accuse president of laying groundwork for 2026 election interference as GOP pushes SAVE America Act
By Alex Miller
Fox News
Published February 6, 2026 12:20pm EST
Senate Democrats are accusing President Donald Trump of trying to meddle in the upcoming election cycle, and Senate Republicans are calling them out.
The topic of election integrity was again thrust back into the forefront by House Republicans last week, who demanded that voter ID legislation be included in a deal struck by Trump and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., to fund the government.
While that ultimately never came to fruition, the talking point and legislative push have remained.
THUNE REJECTS TRUMP’S CALL TO NATIONALIZE ELECTIONS, WARNS DEMS TRIED THE SAME
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters and members of the media at Mar-a-Lago on Feb. 1, 2026, in Palm Beach, Fla.(Al Drago/Getty Images)
Trump has called on Republicans to nationalize elections throughout the week; the FBI conducted a raid on an election hub in Fulton County, Ga. and a cohort from the Senate GOP are pushing for the SAVE America Act to get a shot in the upper chamber.
Senate Democrats see the moves as laying the groundwork for election interference during the 2026 midterm election cycle — a point that they railed against Trump and Republicans for years.
“I think as Trump gets more desperate, he’s looking at ways that he can rig the election anytime a Republican doesn’t win,” Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., told Fox News Digital. “He thinks it’s unfair, and so he wants to tilt the rules to make sure the Democrats don’t win.”
“So yeah, I think we ultimately have to be really vigilant about this,” he continued. “The Constitution is crystal clear, the federal government can’t run state elections, but that doesn’t mean he won’t try.”
REPUBLICANS, TRUMP RUN INTO SENATE ROADBLOCK ON VOTER ID BILL
Sen. Elissa Slotkin is seen during votes at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 23, 2025.(Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images)
The accusation has made Senate Republicans balk, particularly after congressional Democrats raged against the GOP for questions of election integrity following the 2020 election and after Democrats pushed for their own, sweeping election reform packages under former President Joe Biden.
Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., told Fox News Digital that Democrats’ charge was “ridiculous.”
“Sounds like a conspiracy theory,” Schmitt said.
“I think President Trump cares very deeply about the integrity of our elections,” he continued. “If you ask the American people, they support voter ID by overwhelming numbers. So look, they’ve got some outrage of the week every week.”
Trump’s comments to nationalize elections came first during an interview with former FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino on his podcast, where the president said, “The Republicans should say, ‘We want to take over, we should take over the voting in at least many — 15 places.’”
Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., shot back that a Democratic politician didn’t need to weigh in on the issue because Trump “said it with his own mouth.”
“You can take the president at his own words and believe what he says,” Slotkin told Fox News Digital. “And he’s had an obsession with this issue, certainly an obsession with Fulton County, since he lost the 2020 election, and he’s now weaponizing the federal government because of his obsession.”
SCHUMER NUKES GOP PUSH FOR ‘JIM CROW-ERA’ VOTER ID LAWS IN TRUMP-BACKED SHUTDOWN PACKAGE
Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, wants House Republicans to push back against the Trump-backed government funding deal and demanded that it include DHS funding and his voter ID legislation.(Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images)
But some Senate Republicans have pushed back on Trump’s desire to implement more federal control over elections.
They argue that it’s a request that runs headfirst into the Constitution, which dictates that elections are run at the state and local levels with little impact from the federal government. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., has also thrown cold water on the notion.
“Distributed, decentralized elections held at state-level, in my view, are a protection against hacking and other things, so it’s a lot harder to hack 50 systems than it is one,” Thune said. “So, if that’s the issue, I’m a believer in keeping most of those administered — most issues, at least administered by the state. The issue of citizenship, when it comes to voting, would be an exception to that.”
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And while there is a push to pass the SAVE America Act, which would include voter ID, proof of citizenship to register to vote, and other reforms, it’s unlikely to survive in the Senate.
That’s because of the 60-vote filibuster threshold and Senate Democrats’ near-unanimous disdain of the legislation, which Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., has called “Jim Crow 2.0.”
Still, Sens. Mike Lee, R-Utah, Ron Johnson, R-Wis., and Rick Scott, R-Fla., the three most vocal supporters of the bill, met with Trump to discuss a path forward on Thursday.
“It is Democrats bending over backwards to prevent voter ID and proof of citizenship for American elections,” Lee told Fox News Digital in a statement. “It is Democrats demanding that nobody ask questions about election security and irregularities. The projection is jaw-dropping.”
Alex Miller is a writer for Fox News Digital covering the U.S. Senate.
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