Sep 11, 2026 · 12 min · 8 segments
Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith cover three sites of Republican pushback against the administration's election interventions: the Missouri dispute over which congressional map governs November, Justice…
Bob BauerHost
Jack GoldsmithHost
Yes, we're seeing some of it, you know, just how pervasive it's going to turn out to be and whether it's going to intensify before November is an open question.
We see it in Republican resistance to the way that the Civil Rights Division is deploying and instructing observers for the primary elections here.
And we can expect to see those observers again in the general election in the fall.
And we can see it also in a amicus brief that was filed in the election mail case now pending before the Supreme Court by some 38 current and former state and local election officials from some very red states.
And so in all of those cases, we see pushback from Republican quarters in different ways, in different forms, to the way that this denialist program has been launched on the part of President Trump and his allies.
Yes, we're seeing some of it, you know, just how pervasive it's going to turn out to be and whether it's going to intensify before November is an open question.
We see it in Republican resistance to the way that the Civil Rights Division is deploying and instructing observers for the primary elections here.
And we can expect to see those observers again in the general election in the fall.
And we can see it also in a amicus brief that was filed in the election mail case now pending before the Supreme Court by some 38 current and former state and local election officials from some very red states.
And so in all of those cases, we see pushback from Republican quarters in different ways, in different forms, to the way that this denialist program has been launched on the part of President Trump and his allies.
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Trump’s Election Strategy Overshoots
Federal pressure will likely intensify before November
Election Officials Push Back
Officials are resisting attacks amid mounting pressure
Wyoming Observers Crossed Boundaries
Wyoming officials say observers went too far
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