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President Donald Trump\u2019s sweeping campaign to reshape how America\u2019s elections are run \u2014 and to force states to hand over sensitive voter data \u2014 has repeatedly lost in the court of law. So on Thursday night, the president will again take his case to the court of public opinion.<\/p>\n

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Trump is scheduled to deliver a prime-time speech from the White House reviving his false claim that the 2020 election was stolen, according to administration officials, who told MS NOW that they expect him to allege election influence efforts by foreign adversaries, including China.<\/p>\n

Thursday\u2019s speech is about \u201cpersonal vindication,\u201d a person close to the White House told MS NOW. The 2020 election \u201ckeeps the president up at night.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe could care less about anything else,\u201d said the person close to the White House, who was granted anonymity to describe internal deliberations. \u201cIs this something Republicans need to be talking about four months before an election? Absolutely not.\u201d<\/p>\n

The challenges for the president are piling up. He has a record-low job approval rating, an escalating war with Iran that will soon enter its sixth month, gas prices are on the rise, economic dissatisfaction is widespread among the American public, and his immigration enforcement crackdown resulted in federal agents killing two people within a week.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Against that backdrop, some Trump allies question the wisdom of the president focusing his message on relitigating the 2020 election.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe created a base that wants the guillotine,\u201d a former Trump administration official told MS NOW, given anonymity to address a sensitive topic. \u201cHis base cheered when they arrested James Comey for 86-47. That\u2019s what he needs to keep his base activated and energized.\u201d<\/p>\n

Separately, the person close to the White House told MS NOW that the political calculus is misguided. \u201cThere is no one adviser, outside of maybe [acting Director of National Intelligence] Bill Pulte, that is telling the president, \u2018Yes, this is the thing we should be focusing on,\u2019\u201d they said.<\/p>\n

Asked about Republicans who\u2019d prefer the president to focus his attention elsewhere, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told MS NOW that \u201cas usual, anonymous sources are speculating,\u201d adding \u201cnobody knows yet what President Trump will ultimately say.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ultimately, Trump has faced defeat after defeat in his battle to expand his presidential power over the election process. Federal judges have ruled against the administration at least 21 times in cases involving elections and voter data, according to a review of the rulings by MS NOW. The judges were appointed by presidents of both parties, including at least six named by Trump.<\/p>\n

Courts have blocked efforts to obtain unredacted voter rolls, halted new limits on mail ballots and stopped a program that screened voters against a federal database \u2014 a process that resulted in some citizens being purged from the rolls. Judges also blocked all three executive orders Trump has signed to overhaul election procedures, including a requirement that military and overseas voters produce documents proving citizenship and restrictions on mail-voting registration for people receiving public assistance.<\/p>\n

The White House did not respond to questions about the administration\u2019s court losses in their attempts to change election rules and obtain voter rolls.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The losses have not slowed the president\u2019s public campaign against the election system, mail voting and the local officials who run elections.<\/p>\n

Beyond the courts, the administration has pressed states that have not complied with its proposed changes by threatening to withhold anti-terrorism funding, sending letters to election officials threatening criminal prosecution over noncitizen voting and dispatching election monitors. Federal officials have not ruled out sending federal immigration agents to polling places.<\/p>\n

An election official in Arizona\u2019s Maricopa County, where the administration has sought to investigate previous election results, said their office is preparing for a range of scenarios, including federal agents entering their building with search warrants.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In Michigan, Ingham County Clerk Barb Byrum said she regularly fields questions from voters asking why the state will not hand over data such as Social Security numbers. Byrum, a Democrat, said the president\u2019s claims are \u201cdangerous\u201d and have led clerks across the state to receive threatening voicemails and emails.<\/p>\n

\u201cElection conspiracy travels around the globe before I even have my first sip of cup of coffee in the morning,\u201d Byrum said. \u201cThis is not safe.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

The White House did not answer questions about the threats and intimidation facing election workers.<\/p>\n

Byrum said she plans to respond to Thursday\u2019s speech by pushing out factual information on social media.<\/p>\n

The speech may even fall flat with Trump\u2019s supporters. Asked Wednesday about Trump\u2019s planned speech on the 2020 election, some supporters of the president in Carlisle, Pa., expressed fatigue with the subject.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s time to move on from that,\u201d said Alicia, a 56-year-old self-employed woman who described herself as pro-Trump and declined to give her last name. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t really need to be talked about a whole lot anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s behind us,\u201d said Jordan, a conservative Pennsylvania voter, who declined to share his last name. \u201cWe can\u2019t change the past; let\u2019s just keep moving forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Akayla Gardner contributed reporting.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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