Trump demands sweeping changes after election losses
If you can’t beat ’em, change the rules! That’s what President Donald Trump wants to do following Democratic victories in multiple high-profile races across the country as he called for huge changes to be made to state and federal election systems, Knewz.com can report.
Trump’s demands
“I am going to lead a movement to get rid of MAIL-IN BALLOTS… ELECTIONS CAN NEVER BE HONEST WITH MAIL IN BALLOTS/VOTING,” President Donald Trump recently wrote on Truth Social. By: Bonnie Cash – Pool via CNP / MEGA© Knewz (CA)
“Pass Voter Reform, Voter ID, No Mail-In Ballots. Save our Supreme Court from ‘Packing,’ No Two State addition, etc. TERMINATE THE FILIBUSTER!!!” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform in the wake of sweeping Democratic successes.
Significant Democratic victories
Democrats’ Election Day 2025 victories, including California’s Prop 50 redistricting effort pushed by Governor Gavin Newsom, marked the first big test for the party since President Donald Trump won a second term and could predict how the 2026 midterms will go. By: Annabelle Gordon – CNP / MEGA© Knewz (CA)
Democrats racked up a series of major wins, taking the governor’s races in Virginia and New Jersey as well as the New York City mayor’s race. In California, voters approved Proposition 50, a measure backed by Governor Gavin Newsom that hands Democrats control over congressional redistricting and could help them win up to five GOP-held seats, effectively countering Trump-ordered Republican-friendly map changes in Texas. Virginia’s Abigail Spanberger and New Jersey’s Mikie Sherrill both won their governorships by running centrist campaigns centered on affordability, health care and public safety, while in New York City, 34-year-old democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani defeated Trump-backed Democrat-turned-Independent Andrew Cuomo, a former New York governor, in a high-turnout race driven by housing and transit issues. Democrats also swept state Supreme Court elections in Pennsylvania and passed key initiatives in Colorado and Maine, where voters approved new gun-safety measures and rejected stricter voter ID rules.
Why Trump wants the big changes
President Donald Trump, who appointed three of the six justices who make up the Supreme Court’s conservative majority, has accused Democrats of wanting to “pack” the court. “If they can’t catch up through the ballot box by winning an election they want to try doing it in a different way,” he’s claimed. By: Eric Lee – Pool via CNP / MEGA© Knewz (CA)
Trump has been pushing for sweeping changes to how Americans vote, insisting — without evidence — that Democrats benefit from what he’s called “rampant” election fraud, especially when turnout is high. That’s the driving force behind his demands for strict voter ID rules and his push to scrap mail-in voting altogether. He’s also made it clear he wants to block proposals to expand the Supreme Court or turn Washington, D.C., or Puerto Rico into states, arguing that those moves would hand Democrats more power by adding liberal justices and new Democratic seats in Congress. They’re all part of the broader, unsubstantiated argument he’s been making for years — that the system is stacked against him and Republicans, and that tightening voting rules and preventing structural changes to Congress and the Supreme Court are the only ways to, as he’s claimed, “restore fairness” to American elections.
Unhappy Republicans — and Trump’s explanation
“Our side needs to focus on affordability. Make the American dream affordable. Bring down costs,” former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, who’s now running for the Ohio governorship, said in a post-election video on X. By: Ron Sachs – CNP for NY Post / MEGA© Knewz (CA)
Republicans publicly vented after the recent abundance of Democratic wins, with some in the party bluntly blaming their own side. “We got our a**** handed to us,” Ohio GOP gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy said in a “no sugar coating” video he posted on social media, telling Republicans they need to focus on costs and abandon “identity politics.” Others pointed to weak campaigns, including former Trump advisor Chris LaCivita, who wrote on X, “A bad candidate and bad campaign have consequences — the Virginia governor’s race is example number one.” Some said the strategy itself was the problem. “Trump should absolutely have been out [campaigning] in New Jersey,” argued Andrew Kolvet of Turning Point USA. “The people that love Trump … would have been motivated by that.” Trump chimed in, too, to assign blame. “TRUMP WASN’T ON THE BALLOT, AND [the government] SHUTDOWN, WERE THE TWO REASONS THAT REPUBLICANS LOST ELECTIONS TONIGHT,” he claimed on Truth Social.
If you can’t beat ’em, change the rules! That’s what President Donald Trump wants to do following Democratic victories in multiple high-profile races across the country as he called for huge changes to be made to state and federal election systems, Knewz.com can report.
Trump’s demands
“I am going to lead a movement to get rid of MAIL-IN BALLOTS… ELECTIONS CAN NEVER BE HONEST WITH MAIL IN BALLOTS/VOTING,” President Donald Trump recently wrote on Truth Social. By: Bonnie Cash – Pool via CNP / MEGA© Knewz (CA)
“Pass Voter Reform, Voter ID, No Mail-In Ballots. Save our Supreme Court from ‘Packing,’ No Two State addition, etc. TERMINATE THE FILIBUSTER!!!” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform in the wake of sweeping Democratic successes.
Significant Democratic victories
Democrats’ Election Day 2025 victories, including California’s Prop 50 redistricting effort pushed by Governor Gavin Newsom, marked the first big test for the party since President Donald Trump won a second term and could predict how the 2026 midterms will go. By: Annabelle Gordon – CNP / MEGA© Knewz (CA)
Democrats racked up a series of major wins, taking the governor’s races in Virginia and New Jersey as well as the New York City mayor’s race. In California, voters approved Proposition 50, a measure backed by Governor Gavin Newsom that hands Democrats control over congressional redistricting and could help them win up to five GOP-held seats, effectively countering Trump-ordered Republican-friendly map changes in Texas. Virginia’s Abigail Spanberger and New Jersey’s Mikie Sherrill both won their governorships by running centrist campaigns centered on affordability, health care and public safety, while in New York City, 34-year-old democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani defeated Trump-backed Democrat-turned-Independent Andrew Cuomo, a former New York governor, in a high-turnout race driven by housing and transit issues. Democrats also swept state Supreme Court elections in Pennsylvania and passed key initiatives in Colorado and Maine, where voters approved new gun-safety measures and rejected stricter voter ID rules.
Why Trump wants the big changes
President Donald Trump, who appointed three of the six justices who make up the Supreme Court’s conservative majority, has accused Democrats of wanting to “pack” the court. “If they can’t catch up through the ballot box by winning an election they want to try doing it in a different way,” he’s claimed. By: Eric Lee – Pool via CNP / MEGA© Knewz (CA)
Trump has been pushing for sweeping changes to how Americans vote, insisting — without evidence — that Democrats benefit from what he’s called “rampant” election fraud, especially when turnout is high. That’s the driving force behind his demands for strict voter ID rules and his push to scrap mail-in voting altogether. He’s also made it clear he wants to block proposals to expand the Supreme Court or turn Washington, D.C., or Puerto Rico into states, arguing that those moves would hand Democrats more power by adding liberal justices and new Democratic seats in Congress. They’re all part of the broader, unsubstantiated argument he’s been making for years — that the system is stacked against him and Republicans, and that tightening voting rules and preventing structural changes to Congress and the Supreme Court are the only ways to, as he’s claimed, “restore fairness” to American elections.
Unhappy Republicans — and Trump’s explanation
“Our side needs to focus on affordability. Make the American dream affordable. Bring down costs,” former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, who’s now running for the Ohio governorship, said in a post-election video on X. By: Ron Sachs – CNP for NY Post / MEGA© Knewz (CA)
Republicans publicly vented after the recent abundance of Democratic wins, with some in the party bluntly blaming their own side. “We got our a**** handed to us,” Ohio GOP gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy said in a “no sugar coating” video he posted on social media, telling Republicans they need to focus on costs and abandon “identity politics.” Others pointed to weak campaigns, including former Trump advisor Chris LaCivita, who wrote on X, “A bad candidate and bad campaign have consequences — the Virginia governor’s race is example number one.” Some said the strategy itself was the problem. “Trump should absolutely have been out [campaigning] in New Jersey,” argued Andrew Kolvet of Turning Point USA. “The people that love Trump … would have been motivated by that.” Trump chimed in, too, to assign blame. “TRUMP WASN’T ON THE BALLOT, AND [the government] SHUTDOWN, WERE THE TWO REASONS THAT REPUBLICANS LOST ELECTIONS TONIGHT,” he claimed on Truth Social.
