[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 120 (Wednesday, July 22, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S4205]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                     Election Protection Task Force

  Mr. President, on the Election Protection Task Force, Donald Trump 
knows he can't defend Republicans' disastrous record. So he is 
attacking the midterm elections that could hold him accountable. 
Instead of trying to earn Americans' votes, Trump is trying to discount 
them.
  That is not going to happen, Donald.
  Today, Senate Democrats' Election Protection Task Force will gather 
for a second time to war-game responses and to plan how we can counter 
Trump's effort to subvert our elections. We are going to red-team a 
number of different instances that Trump might try to subvert our 
election and what we will do to counter them. We are fighting to 
protect the right of every eligible American voter to cast a ballot and 
to have it counted without interference, intimidation, or obstruction.
  Our task force is preparing, over and over again, to meet the 
election threats we know are coming. We are bringing together top 
experts to identify threats to the election, to test responses, and to 
strengthen our defenses because we are defending the American people's 
right to vote and have a free and fair election. We are preparing our 
responses to what they might do now so that voters can have confidence 
later.
  Trump is doing everything he can to undermine confidence in our 
elections because he knows just how bad of a bind he is in. The Trump 
administration has made life harder and more expensive for the American 
people. Trump knows Americans won't ignore the higher costs, the 
rampant corruption, and the widespread chaos he has unleashed on our 
country, which is why he is trying to ignore their votes altogether. 
But this country and this election belong to the American people, not 
to Trump. Democrats are going to make sure it stays that way.