参议院共和党最高领袖对总统唐纳德·特朗普希望将选举国有化的想法泼了冷水，称他支持”权力分散化、分布式权力”。
特朗普在前联邦调查局副局长丹·邦吉诺的播客节目中露面时，声称”令人惊讶的是共和党人在选举问题上不够强硬”。
“共和党人应该说，’我们想要接管，我们应该至少在15个地方接管投票’”，特朗普说。”共和党人应该将选举国有化。我们有很多州都太不正派了。”
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特朗普削弱共和党将《拯救法案》附加到停摆法案上的努力，保守派威胁叛乱
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南达科他州共和党议员、参议院多数党领袖约翰·图恩驳斥了特朗普坚持共和党推动选举国有化的主张。(Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
但南达科他州共和党议员、参议院多数党领袖约翰·图恩拒绝了这一想法。他表示，虽然他支持只有公民才能在投票站投票并出示身份证明，但他不”赞成将选举联邦化”。
“这是一个宪法问题。在我们的选举中，你必须是公民才能投票，”图恩说。
特朗普塑造选举格局的能力面临宪法障碍，尤其是50个州的选举由州和地方官员管理。联邦政府在这一过程中角色有限。
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2026年2月1日，佛罗里达州棕榈滩海湖庄园，总统唐纳德·特朗普出席白宫办公厅副主任丹·斯卡维诺与美国国务院艺术大使艾琳·埃尔莫尔的婚礼。(Nathan Howard/Reuters)
图恩还指出，这一想法的回声多年前曾被国会民主党人推动过——而参议院共和党人坚决挫败了这一企图。
“但民主党人在他们的选举联邦化提案中还有其他内容，这些内容对国家来说确实是糟糕的结果，”他说。”我是权力分散化的坚定支持者。而且我认为，入侵50个选举系统比入侵一个要困难得多。”
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国会共和党人强烈反对其 counterparts 推动选举改革法案，特别是《约翰·刘易斯选举权法案》和《为人民法案》，他们当时认为这将有效地使选举国有化，并让民主党控制全国的选举系统。
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2026年1月8日，美国国会大厦，参议院少数党领袖、纽约州民主党人查克·舒默和众议院少数党领袖、纽约州民主党人哈基姆·杰弗里斯举行联合新闻发布会。(Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images)
特朗普的这一建议是在联邦调查局搜查佐治亚州富尔顿县选举中心之后提出的，当时联邦执法官员被授权扣押与2020年选举相关的选举记录、选民名单和其他数据。
与此同时，国会共和党人正在就《保护美国选民资格法案》（SAVE法案）进行激烈讨论，该法案此前已在众议院通过，但尚未在参议院进行投票。
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该法案要求各州在人们登记投票时亲自提供公民身份证明，并从选民名单中剔除非公民。在保守派中越来越受关注的法案修改版要求投票时出示照片身份证明。
与此同时，参议院少数党领袖、纽约州民主党人查克·舒默抨击特朗普的言论和《拯救法案》，并确认该法案在参议院永远不会通过。
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“至于《拯救法案》本身：它与保护我们的选举无关，而是与将选民压制联邦化有关，”舒默说。”《拯救法案》不过是吉姆·克劳法2.0版本。”
图恩驳斥这一想法，指出选举联邦化的宪法问题
亚历克斯·米勒是福克斯新闻数字频道的记者，负责报道美国参议院。
The Senate’s top Republican leader threw cold water on President Donald Trump’s desire to nationalize elections, arguing he was in favor of “decentralized, distributed power.”
Trump, during an appearance on former FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino’s podcast, contended that it was “amazing Republicans aren’t tougher” on elections.
“The Republicans should say, ‘We want to take over, we should take over the voting in at least many — 15 places,’” Trump said. “The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting. We have states that are so crooked.”
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., threw cold water on President Donald Trump’s insistence that Republicans move to nationalize elections.(Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
But Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., rejected the notion. He said that while he was supportive of only citizens voting and showing identification at polling places to do so, he was not in “favor of [federalizing elections.”
“That’s a constitutional issue. You gotta be a citizen to vote in our elections,” Thune said.
Trump’s ability to morph and shape the election landscape runs into constitutional barriers, notably that elections are run by state and local officials in all 50 states. The federal government has a limited role in that process.
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President Donald Trump arrives ahead of the wedding of Dan Scavino, White House deputy chief of staff, and Erin Elmore, the director of Art in Embassies at the U.S. Department of State, at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., Feb. 1, 2026.(Nathan Howard/Reuters)
Thune also noted that echoes of the idea were once pushed by congressional Democrats years ago — something that Senate Republicans resoundingly crushed.
“But there are other things that the Dems had in their proposal to federalize elections which are really bad outcomes for the country,” he said. “I’m a big believer in decentralized, distributed power. And I think, you know, it’s harder to hack 50 election systems than it is to hack one.”
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Congressional Republicans strongly pushed back against pushes by their counterparts to pass election reform legislation, notably the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and the For the People Act, which they argued at the time would effectively nationalize elections and give Democrats control of the election system across the country.
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., hold a joint news conference at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 8, 2026.(Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images)
Trump’s suggestion came after the FBI raided an election hub in Fulton County, Ga., where federal law enforcement officials were authorized to seize election records, voting rolls and other data tied to the 2020 election.
It also comes as congressional Republicans wrestle with the Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, which previously passed the House but has not gotten a vote in the Senate.
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That legislation would require states to obtain proof of citizenship in-person when people register to vote and remove noncitizens from voter rolls. A modified version of the bill gaining steam among conservatives would require photo ID when voting.
Meanwhile, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., slammed Trump’s comments and the SAVE Act and affirmed that the bill would never pass through the Senate.
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“Now as for the SAVE Act itself: it has nothing to do with protecting our elections and everything to do with federalizing voter suppression,” Schumer said. “The SAVE Act is nothing more than Jim Crow 2.0.”
Thune rejected the idea, citing constitutional concerns about federalizing elections
Alex Miller is a writer for Fox News Digital covering the U.S. Senate.
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