Feb. 6 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump says U.S. elections should be nationalized, shifting away from the model of state control that has lasted nearly 250 years.
Trump shared his idea on former Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino's podcast earlier this week, continuing his longstanding position that widespread fraud is a problem for U.S. elections. That claim was repeatedly found to be lacking evidence when he tried to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
"The Republicans should say, 'We want to take over,'" Trump said of nationalizing elections. "'We should take over the voting in at least maybe 15 places. The Republicans ought to nationalize voting.'"
Why Trump wants to 'nationalize' elections
Trump's proposal conflicts with the longstanding manner by which elections are governed and the constitutional limits on the powers of the president.
