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02/24/26
DASS Statement on Donald Trump’s 2026 State of the Union Address
WASHINGTON – Following President Donald Trump’s 2026 State of the Union Address, Democratic Association of Secretaries of State Executive Director Chelsey Wininger issued the following statement:
“Since assuming office, Donald Trump has done everything within his power to hijack America’s elections. He can’t seem to get over his loss in 2020, so now he wants to burn our elections infrastructure down. Thankfully, we have Democratic Secretaries of State who aren’t afraid to stand up and fight back.
“As we heard in Trump’s State of the Union, he seeks to strip Americans of their right to vote. Republicans’ SAVE Act aims to interfere with how states run elections, keeping eligible voters from casting a ballot. This is what you do when you know that your agenda is extremely unpopular – change how voters register, box people out of the democratic process, and choose the voters you want, rather than having voters choose their own representatives.
“This is Donald Trump’s America. Our president does not like democracy. He doesn’t like free and fair elections. He detests the Constitution, which is why his team works overtime to strip states of their Constitutionally-mandated right to administer their own elections.
“Trump’s attacks on democracy haven’t yet been successful because Democratic Secretaries of State are holding the line. We look for results, not rhetoric, and we fight on behalf of the American people – not the president. Democratic Secretaries of State are committed to keeping America’s elections free, fair, and secure.”
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