Hakeem Jeffries Accuses Trump Of Same Thing He Tried To Do When Biden Was In Office

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries — who shepherded legislation to effectively federalize U.S. elections during the presidency of Joe Biden — claimed that President Donald Trump wants to “nationalize” the midterms.

Trump said during a Monday appearance on “The Dan Bongino Show” that federal Republicans need to take control over elections in blue states to stop illegal immigrants from voting. Jeffries, in a Wednesday post to X, claimed Trump wanted to “steal” the midterm elections and that “We will never let that happen.”

In 2021, Jeffries co-sponsored the For the People Act, a reintroduced House bill that significantly increased federal government involvement in state election procedure, of to the official Congress website. Both critics and supporters of the bill claimed that if passed, it would ultimately lead to the nationalization of U.S. elections.

The bill sought to expand voting registration measures, such as same-day and automatic voting registration, and voting access, such as vote-by-mail and early voting, according to the web accessible version posted to Congress’ official website. It would have also required states to create independent redistricting commissions.

Former Democratic Rep. John Sarbanes of Maryland introduced the For The People Act, in 2019. The bill passed the then-Democratic-controlled House but was blocked