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About that "voter ID" executive order.... [View all]
The president obviously cannot require states - where elections are managed - to require a photo ID.
But I don't think that's the point. I'm sure those around him are fully aware of this.
I think the goal might be to delegitimize future elections if he doesn't like the results.
If the Republicans get their clocks cleaned in November of 2026, Captain Combover can claim the results from certain states should be ignored because his photo ID executive order wasn't followed.
He'd be just as wrong then as he is now, but I suspect that's the underlying rationale.
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