In response to MAGA Republicans dismissing Trump’s promise that Americans “won’t have to vote anymore” if he’s reelected, DNC Rapid Response Director Alex Floyd released the following statement: 

“MAGA Republicans may shrug at Donald Trump’s dangerous rhetoric promising to end American democracy – but voters aren’t. Trump and his far-right running mate JD Vance are campaigning on an extreme and out-of-touch agenda, and if given the chance, they’ll enact their Project 2025 plans to undermine our democracy and rip away our basic rights. The American people are sick and tired of the Trump-Vance ticket’s non-stop attacks on our fundamental values, and they’re ready to stand up for our democracy this November at the ballot box.”

MAGA Republicans spent Sunday morning laughing off Donald Trump’s antidemocratic promise that Americans “won’t have to vote anymore” if he’s reelected.

Jake Tapper, CNN: “I want you to take a listen to something Former President Trump said Friday night at a gathering of conservative Christians.”

Clip of Donald Trump: “Get out and vote, just this time! You won’t have to do it anymore – four more years, you know what, it’ll be fixed, it’ll be fine. You won’t have to vote anymore, my beautiful Christians. Get out, you gotta get out and vote. In four years, you don’t have to vote again, we’ll have it fixed so good, you’re not gonna have to vote.”

Tapper: “How did you interpret that remark?”

Tom Cotton: “I think he’s obviously making a joke.”

Martha Raddatz, ABC News: “Former President Trump facing some backlash for those comments Friday night saying his supporters won’t have to vote again in four years. I’m joined now by the Republican governor of New Hampshire, Chris Sununu. Governor, what the heck did he mean there?”

Chris Sununu: [Laughs] “Well, I think that was a classic Trumpism, if you will. I think he’s just trying to make the point that this stuff can be fixed… but I think he was just trying to make a hyperbolic point that it can be fixed as long as he gets back into office and all that. But, you know, classic Trump right there.”

Robert Costa, CBS News: “Senator, just a minute here quickly, Democrats say the former president is trying to take the reins of the entire democratic system here with these comments. You’re laughing. What do you believe he’s trying to say? What’s the truth?”

Lindsey Graham: “He’s trying to tell the Christian community and anybody else who’s listening: the nightmare that we’re experiencing will soon be over.”

Chris Sununu said the quiet part out loud – JD Vance is unprepared, unqualified, and is surrounding himself with toxic people who feed off of “personal attacks.”

Chris Sununu: “I think, look, he’s a younger guy – I think this is all very, very new to him. I mean, he’s only been in Washington eighteen months. … I think he’s surrounding himself, obviously, with a lot of the folks in the campaign that kind of — kind of feel an energy off of those personal attacks, but that ain’t what’s going to drive the vote.”

Ron Johnson got called out on Fox News for helping to tank the toughest, fairest bipartisan border security bill in decades.

Shannon Bream, Fox News: “[Karine Jean-Pierre] said essentially Republicans are the ones who are not helping at the border, that you had a chance to send better resources and sign on to this law, essentially, and you didn’t. Democrats say, and you heard Pete Buttigieg say it, it’s because President Trump told you not to, that the chaos at the border is a great campaign issue for him. So why did you vote no?”

Ron Johnson: “I voted no cause it was an awful bill.”