Senator Elissa Slotkin is sounding the alarm as she pushes the Pentagon to reaffirm it won’t deploy troops to polling places or seize election materials ahead of the midterms—warning that the former president is stoking fears of a rigged vote by hinting at military involvement. Slotkin recalls his 2020 threats to seize voting machines and questions whether he’s laying groundwork to claim victory if results don’t favor him. During a congressional hearing, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth dodged a direct question about following illegal orders to seize ballots, calling it hypothetical but insisting he’d never act unlawfully. A White House official denies any such plans, while federal law strictly forbids military use at polls unless there’s a foreign threat—usually involving state-authorized National Guard units. This isn’t new: in 2020, the Joint Chiefs assured her the military remains apolitical, leaving election disputes to the courts and Congress.
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