President Donald Trump on Sunday sharply criticized Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and several prominent Democratic attorneys, accusing them of attempting to influence future elections through a newly announced Democratic election task force.

In a Truth Social post, Trump reacted to Schumer’s recent announcement that Senate Democrats were assembling a legal and political operation aimed at protecting upcoming midterm elections from what Schumer described as threats posed by Trump and MAGA Republicans.

“Palestinian Chuck Schumer is hiring Eric Holder, famous for handing guns to Mexican cartels under the Barack Hussein Obama administration, as part of a Democrat-led ‘Election Integrity Group’ that will no doubt try to suppress Republican voters, and interfere in our Elections,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

Trump also targeted Democratic attorney Marc Elias for his role in the effort.

“Furthermore, Marc Elias, a terrible lawyer with a horrible track record, is also involved,” Trump said.

Trump then revisited longstanding complaints regarding investigations connected to the 2016 election.

“This is the same disgusting individual who was responsible for the fake Russia dossier from a foreign nation to meddle in the 2016 Election, which I won in historic fashion,” he added. “The Democrats are totally unhinged and we will not allow them to threaten the integrity of our Elections.”

Schumer announced the election task force during remarks on the Senate floor last week, saying Democratic senators would work alongside Elias, former Attorney General Eric Holder, and other election lawyers in preparation for what he characterized as possible threats to future elections.

Holder served as attorney general during the Obama administration from 2009 through 2015.

Conservatives have frequently criticized Holder over the Justice Department’s “Fast and Furious” operation, an ATF gun-trafficking investigation connected to Mexican drug cartels.

Following his tenure as attorney general, Holder became chairman of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, an organization involved in redistricting litigation and election map disputes.

Elias has emerged as one of the Democratic Party’s most prominent election attorneys and founded the Elias Law Group, which states that its mission is to help “Democrats win” and “citizens vote.”

He previously worked as general counsel for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign and was linked to the financing arrangement surrounding the Steele dossier.

Trump also argued that Democrats are preparing broader election operations ahead of future races and pledged that Republicans would significantly expand their own election-integrity efforts in response.

“During my Historic Election in 2024, when I won every single Swing State, and decisively won both the Electoral and Popular votes by wide margins, the Republicans had an Election Integrity Army in every single State to preserve the sanctity of each legal vote,” Trump wrote.

Trump said Republican election-monitoring operations heading into 2026 would be even larger.

According to Trump, Republican efforts next cycle will be “much bigger and stronger,” while promising that “this Election will be fair.”

In recent years, Republicans have increasingly focused on election oversight initiatives following disputes surrounding the 2020 election. Several Trump-aligned organizations previously announced plans to deploy attorneys and volunteers across the country to monitor polling places and challenge suspected voting irregularities.

{Matzav.com}