he highest-ranking officer in the U.S. military says there are no plans to send troops to polling places during November’s midterm congressional elections, addressing concerns among Democrats that the Trump administration could use the military to interfere with the vote.
Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, made the statement in a letter to Michigan Democratic Sen. Elissa Slotkin, who recently asked Caine and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to confirm they won’t send troops to the polls.
“The Joint Force has no plans to send Federal military personnel or Federalized members of the National Guard to polling places during the 2026 elections,” Caine said in the letter to Slotkin, which was obtained Monday by The Associated Press. “Likewise, the Joint Force has no plans to use such personnel to seize ballots, voting machines, or other election-related material.”
I love living in a time that this needs to be said.
I’m really starting to believe Harambe’s death shifted us into a parallel timeline.
But then I remember this has been the conservatives ultimate aim since the 1950’s reaction against New Deal policies, civil rights and the political boogeymen of McCarthyism. It was made worse in the 1960s when conservative politicians allied with bible thumpers.