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After years of false claims on voting, Trump to give an address on election integrity

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After years of false claims on voting, Trump to give an address on election integrity

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President Trump speaks at an event Wednesday in Carlisle, Pa. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption President Trump, who for years has sowed doubt about the security of American elections, is scheduled to give a primetime address Thursday night on election integrity. The remarks come as his war in Iran approaches the five-month mark, some Republican lawmakers want him to focus on the economy, and as his approval rating remains near second-term lows. Trump and his advisers have so far refused to detail what will be in the speech, though White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt suggested at Thursday's press briefing that he would be presenting what she called "findings" about election integrity. "It will shock you if you have an honest eye listening to the president tonight and everything he is saying will be backed by facts and by evidence that will be provided this evening," she said. Trump has spent much of his second term attempting to shape elections and voting policy in unprecedented ways. Leavitt also said Thursday that Trump would talk about the SAVE America Act , which would among other things require Americans to present proof of citizenship when registering to vote and a form of ID when voting. Trump has been pushing Congress for months to pass that legislation, which has stalled in the Senate . Ahead of the speech, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said he thinks it is part of an attempt to delegitimize the upcoming midterms. "Trump's primetime speech tonight isn't simply about relitigating his overwhelming defeat in the 2020 election; it's about undermining the 2026 election before a single vote has been cast," Schumer said on the Senate floor Thursday.

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President Trump, who for years has sowed doubt about the security of American elections, is scheduled to give a primetime address Thursday night about election integrity. Trump has long contended, without evidence, that he won the 2020 election (Image credit: Alex Wong)

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