特朗普总统周二表示，如果下周的中期选举“诚实公正”，他将尊重选举结果。此前，民主党人对他的选前言论日益担忧。特朗普在安德鲁斯联合基地发表上述言论，随后启程前往得克萨斯州进行竞选活动。
President Trump said on Tuesday that he will respect next week's midterm results "if they're honest elections” amid growing concerns from Democrats over his pre-election rhetoric. Trump made the comments at Joint Base Andrews before departing for a campaign trip to Texas.
周一，特朗普在 Truth Social 发帖警告称，他正在“密切关注”明尼苏达州参议院选举中的选民欺诈行为，该选区已成为本轮选举周期中竞争最激烈的选区之一。“让我们都支持明尼苏达州的米歇尔·塔福亚。她竞选得很出色。不要允许他们在选举结束后玩弄选票，”特朗普写道。“联邦政府将密切关注。”“她唯一可能输的方式，就是他们在选票陆续送达时玩弄手段、作弊舞弊，”他补充道。
On Monday, Trump warned in a TruthSocial post that he is "watching closely" for voter fraud in Minnesota’s Senate race, which has become one of the more competitive races of the cycle. “Let’s all get behind Michele Tafoya in Minnesota. She’s running a great race. Don’t allow them to play with the Votes after the race is over,” Trump wrote. “The Federal Government will be watching closely.”“The only way she can lose is if they cheat by playing games with the Ballots as they come in,” he added.
这一言论迅速引发明尼苏达州民主党人的强烈反弹，包括参议员蒂娜·史密斯（民主党-明尼苏达州），她指责总统正在为“窃取”选举“铺垫基础”。“如果他选定的候选人赢不了，他正赤裸裸地为窃取选举铺垫基础……明尼苏达州不会善待一个我们已拒绝三次（很快将是四次）之人发出的若隐若现的威胁，”史密斯在社交平台 X 上发帖称。
The comment was met with swift backlash from Minnesota Democrats, including Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minn.), who accused the president of “laying the groundwork” to “steal” the election. “He’s blatantly laying the groundwork to steal an election if his chosen candidate doesn’t win… Minnesota will not take kindly to thinly veiled threats from a guy we’ve rejected three times (soon to be four),” Smith posted on the social platform X. Meanwhile, over the weekend, the Justice Department filed a lawsuit saying it would block the results of Alaska's Senate race if incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan (R) loses his reelection bid, accusing another candidate in the race — Dan J. Sullivan — of running to intentionally confuse voters.
与此同时，周末期间，司法部提起诉讼，称如果现任参议员丹·沙利文（共和党）连任失败，将阻止阿拉斯加州参议院选举结果生效，指控该选区另一名候选人丹·J·沙利文参选意在故意混淆选民视听。司法部长托德·布兰奇周日在 CNN 一场激烈的采访中强力为该诉讼辩护。“他[特朗普]反复说过，反复说过，在他看来之所以不公平——这不是一场公平的较量——是因为选票上有一名与现任参议员同名同姓的人，而这位现任参议员恰好是共和党人，”布兰奇对该电视网表示。“这可能构成犯罪。”
“但真正的错误在于，阿拉斯加选民将会感到困惑，他们的选票将无法被听到，”他说。
Attorney General Todd Blanche vehemently defended the lawsuit during a contentious interview on CNN on Sunday. “What he [Trump] has said repeatedly, repeatedly, is that the reason why this is not fair — this is not a fair fight in his mind — is because there is a man on the ballot with the same name as the incumbent senator, who happens to be a Republican,” Blanche told the network. “There could be a crime. But the real wrong here is that Alaskans are going to be confused and will not have their vote heard,” he said.