'Cowards': Trump Admin Bails On Elections Conference After Promising Fireworks
Three top officials in President Donald Trump’s administration failed to show up at the annual conference of state election officials after making a splashy announcement that they would confront a crowd of top state election officials.
The National Association Of Secretaries of State altered its conference schedule on Thursday to allow Attorney General Pam Bondi, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard to speak Friday afternoon. This announcement dwindled to just Gabbard by midday Friday. The entire Trump administration appearance was canceled just as it was supposed to start. None of the agencies nor the White House immediately responded to a request for an explanation for the appearance or the cancellation.
Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, a Democrat who is running for governor in 2026, had a simple diagnosis for why they ultimately failed to show: “Cowards.”
Before Bondi, Noem and Gabbard canceled, it looked as though they were going to appear before the officials as a show of force as the administration works to force through an unprecedented effort to seize control of the nation’s elections ahead of the 2026 midterms.
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