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BumRushDaShow

(174,483 posts)
Tue Jul 14, 2026, 04:35 AM Tuesday

Trump to assert voting machine vulnerabilities in Thursday speech

Source: Reuters

July 13, 2026 5:08 PM EDT Updated 6 hours ago


July 13 WASHINGTON,(Reuters) - President Donald Trump will give a ​national address on Thursday night about newly declassified intelligence on investigations into U.S. elections and what the White House says are voting machine vulnerabilities, an ‌administration official told Reuters on Monday.

The Republican president could use his televised speech to again press his false claim that he lost the 2020 election to Democrat Joe Biden due to massive fraud.

Numerous courts, ballot audits and his first-term Justice Department found no evidence of such fraud, including vote-machine rigging. The federal cybersecurity watchdog joined other federal, state and local officials in declaring the vote "the most secure ​in American history."

Propelled by Trump's repeated claims that U.S. elections are “rigged,” the administration has for over a year sought to increase federal oversight ​of election administration and reshape the way Americans vote — an effort that legal experts say would take power away from ⁠states in violation of the U.S. Constitution.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trumps-give-speech-about-foreign-interference-2020-election-ms-now-reports-2026-07-13/

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Trump to assert voting machine vulnerabilities in Thursday speech (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Tuesday OP
What an absolutely pathetic headline. johnnyfins Tuesday #1
Well, apparently there was nothing wrong with voting machines in 2016 when he won or in 2024 when he won. Vinca Tuesday #2
It's only theft if you claim the other took it purr-rat beauty Tuesday #4
Throwing a yellow flag, for making too much sense. n/t aggiesal Tuesday #25
I believe the red states cheat pwb Tuesday #3
Agree MorbidButterflyTat Tuesday #54
Florida 2000 being a perfect example. Ritabert 17 hrs ago #78
Do a hand count on all elections. That would be fine with me. everyonematters Tuesday #5
There was one (an illegal one) in Arizona and Biden ended up with more legit votes... Justice matters. Tuesday #46
So we can't vote by mail, and we can't vote in person. LisaL Tuesday #6
This sets the stage... Escape Tuesday #7
Beat me to it. He always sets the stage. Native Tuesday #9
Yep. A state by state loyalty test. underpants Tuesday #27
They will seize ballots and machines SamuelTheThird Tuesday #45
This after crippling the committee who oversees voting machines. WmChris Tuesday #65
Trump plans to lie! GCG Tuesday #8
There are some people that are truly evil, and one of those is the piece of garbage in the lostincalifornia Tuesday #10
Actually, it will be about electric sharks, his many peace prizes, total victory in Iran, his phone Wonder Why Tuesday #11
And the oligarch owned press will treat his demented ranting as if it's perfectly normal... hunter Tuesday #14
It is bulllshit, but if the psycopath wants to pursue that garbage, then we won in 2016 and lostincalifornia Tuesday #12
This will only increase his creds nwduke Tuesday #13
another pile of lies from the pedo in chief azureblue Tuesday #15
Here we go. Harker Tuesday #16
This is what Trump will reveal AverageOldGuy Tuesday #17
So his speech will sound like this? Ray Bruns Tuesday #18
Get up Lindsey. twodogsbarking Tuesday #21
Lindsey..... MarcoZandrini Tuesday #48
For Sure. No balls and a horse's ass. Someone put that one on his grave stone. twodogsbarking Tuesday #61
He needs to explain why "vote by mail" is a complete fraud... FakeNoose Tuesday #23
If Dump is saying it, just believe the opposite. mdbl Tuesday #19
It's a re-run of a prior episode in the neverending saga of a loser. twodogsbarking Tuesday #20
He plans to claim Senators Osoff and Warnock were illegitimately elected, Bayard Tuesday #22
Then let's go back to 2016, because I believe the Russians exploited those voting machine vulnerabilities n/t aggiesal Tuesday #24
Trump OCD - he didn't lose the election he lost, all over again! bucolic_frolic Tuesday #26
It wasn't the voting machines that were the problem in 2024 it was the central tabulators* that Musk had Botany Tuesday #28
Prebunking... jmbar2 Tuesday #29
Benny Johnson is such a fucking tool. Initech Tuesday #31
TY for the reminder 👍 electric_blue68 Tuesday #62
Please stop confusing things by introducing facts. AverageOldGuy Tuesday #67
They tried this already and they failed miserably. Initech Tuesday #30
But persistence is Trump's super power. hamsterjill Tuesday #34
Wish I had five dollars for every time I've said this on DU... Talitha Tuesday #42
I know. Some of us understand the Putin fascination, and if it's not more than fascination (and you know what I mean!!!) hamsterjill Tuesday #47
Nah..... MarcoZandrini Tuesday #49
Stupid describes his followers. hamsterjill Tuesday #53
And they'll try and try again. thought crime 21 hrs ago #77
Let him have the 2020 election. johnnyfins Tuesday #32
Then.... MarcoZandrini Tuesday #50
But at least Vance has very little following electric_blue68 Tuesday #63
Nope! We should never surrender to official lies. thought crime 22 hrs ago #75
He would know after he and Elon stole the last election randr Tuesday #33
Yes. They did steal the last election. annielion Tuesday #71
Trump Fired Election Commissioners And Got Maduro Confessions. Now He Can Claim No Voter System Security 2na fisherman Tuesday #35
It doesn't work that way. Wiz Imp Tuesday #60
What If Congress Just Stops Doing All Business? 2na fisherman Tuesday #64
What part don't you understand? Wiz Imp Tuesday #66
I Stand Corrected 2na fisherman 7 hrs ago #79
I never said that no one could interfere in the election. Wiz Imp 6 hrs ago #80
Overwhelming Turnout 2na fisherman 6 hrs ago #81
Well since E. Jean Carroll just got her money, I imagine the subject matter has changed. Ray Bruns Tuesday #36
He will not give one piece of evidence. He will make generalized assertions. maxsolomon Tuesday #37
There's a rumor that .... Dethhogan Tuesday #38
He has no power to do that. Dulcinea Tuesday #43
Nope. He may want to do that, but has no power to do so. Wiz Imp Tuesday #58
So he's going with the election lie sakabatou Tuesday #39
OH--- so the two times he 'won' maybe were 'rigged'? Jack Valentino Tuesday #40
Yes. The two times he won were rigged. annielion Tuesday #70
That goes both ways slobfather Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Tuesday #41
If the demonic creature in the Trump suit... GiqueCee Tuesday #44
Well he did say dweller Tuesday #51
The 2020 voting machines in Georgia were bought by.................... NGeorgian Tuesday #52
Always remember... hamsterjill Tuesday #55
Which is why I keep suggesting that Democrats call their bluff LiberalLovinLug Tuesday #56
It's an impossible Catch-22 BumRushDaShow Tuesday #59
Piggy knows he's going to lose bigtime so he's scared shitless Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Tuesday #57
He seems to be admitting to knowing how to do it and, well, did. twodogsbarking Tuesday #68
Remember everyone WE have the power Thursday night!! WE do NOT have to listen to his LIES bluestarone Tuesday #69
Of course, Trump is planning on stealing another election like he did the last one, if he lives that long. rickyhall Tuesday #72
There are too afraid to say it's a blatant attempt to rig the next election oldmanlynn Tuesday #73
Republicans are happy with Official Lies thought crime 22 hrs ago #74
Will the RNC pay for his air time? RandySF 22 hrs ago #76

Vinca

(54,660 posts)
2. Well, apparently there was nothing wrong with voting machines in 2016 when he won or in 2024 when he won.
Tue Jul 14, 2026, 05:37 AM
Tuesday

The only "problem" happened in 2020 when he lost. If voting machines were rigged, as he claims, wouldn't all Republicans lose? And why wouldn't we rig them in 2024?

purr-rat beauty

(1,792 posts)
4. It's only theft if you claim the other took it
Tue Jul 14, 2026, 07:03 AM
Tuesday

He doesn't take, he thinks he already owns

He is a locust

A president who hates our voting rights and process is not a president....he's a threat to our democracy.

Ritabert

(2,945 posts)
78. Florida 2000 being a perfect example.
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 08:39 AM
17 hrs ago

10,000 spoiled ballots in Duval County due to bad instructions. 9000 spoiled ballots in Palm Beach county due to the butterfly ballot. Police checkpoint on the way to the polls in Gadsden County where there's a large Black population.

everyonematters

(4,335 posts)
5. Do a hand count on all elections. That would be fine with me.
Tue Jul 14, 2026, 07:20 AM
Tuesday

If I remember correctly, there was a hand recount on the Georgia election in 2020.

Escape

(590 posts)
7. This sets the stage...
Tue Jul 14, 2026, 08:12 AM
Tuesday

for the grand Republican plan to declare the results of November's election null and void (in races they lose).

Well into 2027 there will be key empty seats and endless lawsuits.

underpants

(198,086 posts)
27. Yep. A state by state loyalty test.
Tue Jul 14, 2026, 10:12 AM
Tuesday

The states have to confirm the elections as you know. Each state will have a decision. They really don’t have a decision but he’s making one for them.

WmChris

(838 posts)
65. This after crippling the committee who oversees voting machines.
Tue Jul 14, 2026, 06:08 PM
Tuesday

Maybe hoping to open the door for more hacking be Elmo and his merry band fraudsters.

GCG

(144 posts)
8. Trump plans to lie!
Tue Jul 14, 2026, 08:12 AM
Tuesday

And those wonderful intelligence agencies are going to help him do it!

If things ever make sense again every government agency has to be purged of those who went along to get along...the QUISLINGS of the Executive and Judicial branches need to go...some need to be fired, some need to face trials and are hopefully convicted and incarcerated!!!

lostincalifornia

(5,730 posts)
10. There are some people that are truly evil, and one of those is the piece of garbage in the
Tue Jul 14, 2026, 08:31 AM
Tuesday

white house.

Wonder Why

(7,586 posts)
11. Actually, it will be about electric sharks, his many peace prizes, total victory in Iran, his phone
Tue Jul 14, 2026, 08:39 AM
Tuesday

conversation with Lindsey Graham last night, acing the IQ test and being the first person to have spelled IQ correctly. From that lofty point, it will go quickly downhill. As he reads the teleprompter, he forgets what he just read so he adrepugs (Def: adrepug - similiar to an adlib but just lies) so expect to hear more about the Ayatollah of Japan and President Putin of Greenland as well his recent discussions with Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Roosevelt at Mount Rushmore when they told him he was the greatest President since Lenin.

hunter

(41,021 posts)
14. And the oligarch owned press will treat his demented ranting as if it's perfectly normal...
Tue Jul 14, 2026, 09:09 AM
Tuesday

... maybe even brilliant.

lostincalifornia

(5,730 posts)
12. It is bulllshit, but if the psycopath wants to pursue that garbage, then we won in 2016 and
Tue Jul 14, 2026, 08:52 AM
Tuesday

and 2024.

azureblue

(2,792 posts)
15. another pile of lies from the pedo in chief
Tue Jul 14, 2026, 09:14 AM
Tuesday

He's trying to ramp up an excuse to nullify the vote..

Harker

(18,390 posts)
16. Here we go.
Tue Jul 14, 2026, 09:21 AM
Tuesday

Another call to arms.

He's getting out ahead of his White House fortification work.

AverageOldGuy

(4,454 posts)
17. This is what Trump will reveal
Tue Jul 14, 2026, 09:40 AM
Tuesday

I didn’t take the time to Google details so I’m doing this from memory.

1. After the 2020 election, one of Trump’s favorite claims was that Venezuela owned Dominion Voting Systems and, thus, Venezuela had rigged Dominion voting equipment to vote for Biden – or some such bullshit. The claims were universally debunked.

2. Trump now has former Venezuelan President Maduro in custody.

3. Dominion Voting Systems was recently sold to a Republican billionaire.




So – on Thursday night, Trump will reveal:

1. Maduro has confessed to rigging the election through rigging Dominion machines.

2. The new owner of Dominion will reveal his investigation has shown that, sure enough, the machines were rigged.

FakeNoose

(43,449 posts)
23. He needs to explain why "vote by mail" is a complete fraud...
Tue Jul 14, 2026, 10:01 AM
Tuesday

... and yet he has no faith in the "rigged" voting machines either. Why does he want Americans to use the voting machines and not the mailed ballots? None of this makes any sense.

This is all because he can never admit he LOST the election in 2020.

Of course he lost, he's the WORST President ever in our history!

Bayard

(30,931 posts)
22. He plans to claim Senators Osoff and Warnock were illegitimately elected,
Tue Jul 14, 2026, 09:58 AM
Tuesday

And of course, so was President Biden. The 200+ FBI agents that have been working on this, "investigation," under Patel will have found dirty rotten cheating by Dems.

I may have to watch this hootenanny with the sound off, and CC on.

aggiesal

(11,079 posts)
24. Then let's go back to 2016, because I believe the Russians exploited those voting machine vulnerabilities n/t
Tue Jul 14, 2026, 10:02 AM
Tuesday

bucolic_frolic

(56,546 posts)
26. Trump OCD - he didn't lose the election he lost, all over again!
Tue Jul 14, 2026, 10:07 AM
Tuesday

OCD Obsessive Compulsive Disorder!

Botany

(78,473 posts)
28. It wasn't the voting machines that were the problem in 2024 it was the central tabulators* that Musk had
Tue Jul 14, 2026, 10:40 AM
Tuesday

access to via firmware patches and his D.T.C. Starlink network. Also in 2024 @ least 1/2 a million mail
in votes were rejected because of signature matching problems (pure bullshit there is a bar code on the
bottom of the ballot), another million votes were discarded because of problems with the U.S.P.S., voter
caging resulted in @ least 3 million voters being removed from voter rolls (true the vote), and other rat
fucking of the vote such as the removal of millions of registered nationwide.

* Trump: Elon Musk knows 'those vote counting computers' January 25, 2025

Trump is still pissed off about Georgia 2020 because even with all of his and others
election interference he still lost.

Initech

(109,852 posts)
31. Benny Johnson is such a fucking tool.
Tue Jul 14, 2026, 10:59 AM
Tuesday

“It could be massive!”. No it couldn’t. They tried this already.

hamsterjill

(18,109 posts)
34. But persistence is Trump's super power.
Tue Jul 14, 2026, 11:29 AM
Tuesday

He doesn't care how much money or time or manpower he throws at something he wants. He has no limits. He just keeps going back and going back.

The problem with his repeated attempts is that each one wears down the ability for the opposition to fight back. Because each opposition DOES have a limit to time and money and manpower. He keeps hoping that will happen and he will get a better outcome. If it's only a glimmer of something that he can use for another attack, then he would consider it well worth the time and money and manpower, and continue to attack again.

He learned this from Putin because it has been Putin's MO from the start.

Talitha

(8,295 posts)
42. Wish I had five dollars for every time I've said this on DU...
Tue Jul 14, 2026, 01:07 PM
Tuesday
"Straight out of Putin's playbook."


To give credit where credit's due though, Dump learned a LOT from Roy Cohn. (I had no idea who the guy was when watching 'Angels In America' but wow, Al Pacino aced the role.)

hamsterjill

(18,109 posts)
47. I know. Some of us understand the Putin fascination, and if it's not more than fascination (and you know what I mean!!!)
Tue Jul 14, 2026, 02:45 PM
Tuesday

I've not seen "Angels in America", but I will look it up. I need something to watch today. Thanks.

hamsterjill

(18,109 posts)
53. Stupid describes his followers.
Tue Jul 14, 2026, 03:46 PM
Tuesday

The Republicans in power who enable him are not stupid. They are conniving, willing to cheat, soul-less assholes, but they are not stupid.

His followers? Couldn't find their ass with a map.

thought crime

(1,859 posts)
77. And they'll try and try again.
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 04:40 AM
21 hrs ago

This is a central false narrative to create doubt and hysteria among republicans, promoting victimhood and grievance.

johnnyfins

(4,233 posts)
32. Let him have the 2020 election.
Tue Jul 14, 2026, 11:04 AM
Tuesday

Fine. You won. Just one problem. You can't be elected more than twice per the US Constitution. You must, therefore, RESIGN immediately!

annielion

(118 posts)
71. Yes. They did steal the last election.
Tue Jul 14, 2026, 08:33 PM
Tuesday

And those vulnerabilities still exist. They are a problem for the midterms. Trump is walking on eggshells here, something I don't think he is good at doing. He might slip and tell us all about the voting machine vulnerabilities.

2na fisherman

(416 posts)
35. Trump Fired Election Commissioners And Got Maduro Confessions. Now He Can Claim No Voter System Security
Tue Jul 14, 2026, 11:40 AM
Tuesday

If there are no more commissioners responsible for voter security and the certification of voting systems, then the election results will be challenged and no elected Dems will be seated during a protracted time of "investigations" that will be conducted by partisan hacks in the Justice Department. So if voting systems used in blue states are not certified, they can just throw out the results counted by those systems not certified. Even if this is not successful, he will have sown seeds of doubt and chaos about the validity of the elections as he has done before. He seems to be publicly orchestrating a obvious conspiracy to commit fraud upon the electorate. All the people involved must someday be charged for such crimes. In addition to this, he will also say that confessions made (under duress) by the kidnapped President Maduro about a widespread campaign of foreign interference in elections makes our voting systems unreliable. This is his last stand and he will do or say anything, no matter how insane, to try and alter the results of the 2026 midterm elections.

Wiz Imp

(11,085 posts)
60. It doesn't work that way.
Tue Jul 14, 2026, 04:33 PM
Tuesday

Every single seat in the House is up for election. Meaning all 435 seats are technically vacated at the same time prior to the new Congress being seated (even those who were reelected). Therefore there will be no elected Republican to block Democratic electees from being seated. All 435 (including those reelected) will then be seated at the same time.

2na fisherman

(416 posts)
64. What If Congress Just Stops Doing All Business?
Tue Jul 14, 2026, 06:07 PM
Tuesday

I wonder if Speaker Maga Mike Johnson can gum up the works with slow walking the seating of all members of Congress because of some Trumped-up voter irregularities that require investigations.

Wiz Imp

(11,085 posts)
66. What part don't you understand?
Tue Jul 14, 2026, 06:32 PM
Tuesday

Johnson's term ends January 3, 2027. He has no power or authority to do anything to prevent the new Congress from being seated. The clerk, a non-partisan position conducts all business until a Speaker is elected.

It is impossible for Johnson or anyone else to "gum up the works". PERIOD.

2na fisherman

(416 posts)
79. I Stand Corrected
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 06:38 PM
7 hrs ago

Thanks for pointing out that Speaker Johnson cannot gum up the works as I put it. But you also say it is impossible for "anyone else" to do that as well. So are you saying that Trump and/or his allies in and out of government do not have possible plans to interfere in the 2026 midterm elections? Marc Elias of Democracy Docket documents numerous ways Trump and his agents are actively seeking to interfere with these elections. He also describes ways to fight back against such attacks. It seems to be a fact shared by others far more informed than me that there is, and will be, some considerable chaos surrounding the midterm elections and the counting of the results.

Wiz Imp

(11,085 posts)
80. I never said that no one could interfere in the election.
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 07:37 PM
6 hrs ago

Obviously Trump is trying to and some Republican states may try as well. My point was strictly that Republicans can't stop elected Democrats from being seated in the House. Keep in mind approximately half the seats in the House represent states with Democratic governors. Also, the vast majority of attempts to interfere will not work. The one thing with the best chance of working to some degree is voter suppression . Overwhelming turnout will nullify those efforts.

2na fisherman

(416 posts)
81. Overwhelming Turnout
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 07:59 PM
6 hrs ago

This may be some reason to be hopeful. If even a fraction of the electorate who usually does not bother to vote turns out in vast numbers we may overcome Trumpism and turn the tide with a big blue wave.

maxsolomon

(39,590 posts)
37. He will not give one piece of evidence. He will make generalized assertions.
Tue Jul 14, 2026, 12:02 PM
Tuesday

It will be BULLSHIT from President BULLSHIT.

Dethhogan

(5 posts)
38. There's a rumor that ....
Tue Jul 14, 2026, 12:10 PM
Tuesday

He might nullify the elections of Georgia's senators. Probably untrue but let's see Thursday.

Dulcinea

(10,569 posts)
43. He has no power to do that.
Tue Jul 14, 2026, 01:31 PM
Tuesday

That authority belongs to the states. Per Article I, Section 5: The Constitution states that each house of Congress is the sole "Judge of the Elections, Returns and Qualifications of its own Members."

The Expulsion Process: Removing a sitting senator requires a two-thirds vote by the Senate.

Wiz Imp

(11,085 posts)
58. Nope. He may want to do that, but has no power to do so.
Tue Jul 14, 2026, 04:26 PM
Tuesday

The State of Georgia certified the elections. Case closed. Can't be reversed.

Jack Valentino

(5,434 posts)
40. OH--- so the two times he 'won' maybe were 'rigged'?
Tue Jul 14, 2026, 12:42 PM
Tuesday

'THANK YOU for your attention to this matter', Donald....


annielion

(118 posts)
70. Yes. The two times he won were rigged.
Tue Jul 14, 2026, 08:07 PM
Tuesday

He didn't win 2020 because so many people voted by mail (due to the pandemic) and votes by mail go directly to the county. The in-person votes are manipulated when the totals are sent my cellular modem from the precinct to the county. This apparently involves a satellite. Hmmm.

GiqueCee

(5,283 posts)
44. If the demonic creature in the Trump suit...
Tue Jul 14, 2026, 02:19 PM
Tuesday

... opens its mouth, there is the 100%, iron-clad certainty that it will lie though its dentures. It is congenitally incapable of discerning the truth, let alone telling it.

dweller

(29,121 posts)
51. Well he did say
Tue Jul 14, 2026, 03:08 PM
Tuesday

In the run up to the 2024 election that we would never have to vote again … just this one last time for him , then never again





✌🏻

NGeorgian

(141 posts)
52. The 2020 voting machines in Georgia were bought by....................
Tue Jul 14, 2026, 03:45 PM
Tuesday

Republican Secretary of State Brian Kemp. Yes, Kemp has been governor of Georgia the last eight years.

hamsterjill

(18,109 posts)
55. Always remember...
Tue Jul 14, 2026, 03:55 PM
Tuesday

They accuse everyone else of doing what they are actually doing. My understanding from my "QAnon Facebook friend" is that he is going to say that George Soros is behind all of the voting machine rigging.

Big surprise, right? Huge!!!! LOL

LiberalLovinLug

(14,793 posts)
56. Which is why I keep suggesting that Democrats call their bluff
Tue Jul 14, 2026, 04:11 PM
Tuesday

Say that they want to join the rest of the Democratic world and use hand counted ballots for federal elections. Not only to quell my own suspicions of how hackable these machines are. But to silence the conspiracy theorists....from both sides. Sure they'll still find some angle to scare people with if things don't go their way. But its the one way to stop that excuse.

But I guess State rights etc. to handle their own elections. Unless some new amendment is passed.

BumRushDaShow

(174,483 posts)
59. It's an impossible Catch-22
Tue Jul 14, 2026, 04:32 PM
Tuesday

They will then insist that the "hand-counted" ballots were miscounted and/or included bullshit characterizations of "A GREAT MANY" forged or fake ballots.

All of this to sow doubt in the elections process in order to justify a coup.

bluestarone

(22,686 posts)
69. Remember everyone WE have the power Thursday night!! WE do NOT have to listen to his LIES
Tue Jul 14, 2026, 08:06 PM
Tuesday

FUCK him and his LIES!!

rickyhall

(5,532 posts)
72. Of course, Trump is planning on stealing another election like he did the last one, if he lives that long.
Tue Jul 14, 2026, 11:17 PM
Tuesday

thought crime

(1,859 posts)
74. Republicans are happy with Official Lies
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 03:56 AM
22 hrs ago

This is just a campaign speech with the same old BS wrapped with a new bow. Republicans don't have to believe it but they're happy to repeat it and act upon it, as long as it helps them rig the next election.

The purpose is to create doubt in order to undermine election results.

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