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Clarke criticizes Trump’s intention to nationalize federal elections

By Nelson A. King

Posted on March 11, 2026

Caribbean-American Democratic Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke on Friday, Feb. 27, condemned what she described as intentions by United States President Donald J. Trump to nationalize federal elections.

“Donald Trump has made his intentions unmistakably clear: he wants to nationalize our federal elections because he and his Republican enablers cannot win them fairly,” Clarke, the daughter of Jamaican immigrants, who represents the 9th Congressional District in Brooklyn, told Caribbean Life.

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Clarke criticizes Trump’s intention to nationalize federal elections

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