加利福尼亚州民主党参议员亚当·希夫周日表示，若共和党在国会失去席位，总统唐纳德·特朗普打算采取行动推翻2026年中期选举结果。
希夫在接受美国广播公司新闻部(ABC News)《本周》节目联合主持人乔纳森·卡尔采访时表示：“我认为(特朗普)打算试图颠覆选举。”“如果他输了……他准备采取某种行动来推翻选举结果，对此我们实在不应质疑。”
希夫发表此番言论之前，特朗普不断升级其关于2020年选举结果的言辞，自落败以来，他一直谎称选举被窃取。1月28日，联邦调查局(FBI)突袭了佐治亚州富尔顿县的一个选举办公室，并查封了2020年选举的选票。2020年，特朗普在佐治亚州以不到1.2万票的劣势落败，即便他赢得了该州，也不足以在选举人团中获胜。
自联邦调查局突袭以来，特朗普呼吁将选举国有化，并多次无凭无据地声称民主党人靠作弊赢得选举。
希夫指出，特朗普在2020年选举后的行为证明了他可能会对2026年选举结果提出质疑。
希夫说：“我们不能忽视他们告诉我们的他们将要做什么，因为我们一次又一次地看到，他们愿意采取极端且非法的手段。”
至于谁能阻止任何质疑中期选举结果的企图，希夫表示，他不信任国会的共和党人，但信任美国人民。
希夫说：“我们最好的保护措施是动员美国历史上最多的选民参与投票，以压倒性的票数……让他们无法作弊。”
这位加利福尼亚州参议员表示，特朗普的行为是因为其政府政策普遍不得人心。昆尼皮亚克大学上周公布的一项民意调查显示，特朗普的支持率为37%，反对率为56%。
希夫说：“他没有降低物价。美国街头一片混乱，移民及海关执法局(ICE)特工还在杀人。公众已经转而反对他。”“他的自尊心无法承受再次落败。”
在特朗普继续声称存在选民欺诈行为之际，国会的共和党人希望通过《拯救美国法案》，该法案要求选民在登记投票时提供公民身份证明。如果该法案成为法律，可能会彻底改革选民登记制度，要求登记人亲自到场，用护照或出生证明验证其公民身份，但不接受驾照。民主党人对可能剥夺没有这些证件的选民的选举权表示担忧。
卡尔问希夫，民主党和共和党之间是否有可能达成妥协，比如制定一项要求投票时出示带照片身份证的法律，希夫表示他反对这样的政策。
希夫说：“这仍然会剥夺一些人的选举权……他们没有投票所需的身份证，尽管他们是公民。”“这不过是另一种试图压制选票的方式。”
皮尤研究中心2025年8月的一项民意调查发现，83%的美国成年人支持投票时出示带照片的身份证，其中包括95%的共和党人和71%的民主党人。
Democratic Sen. Schiff says Trump intends to 'subvert' 2026 midterm elections
Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., said Sunday that President Donald Trump intends to take action to overturn the result of the 2026 midterm elections should Republicans lose seats in Congress.
"I think [Trump] intends to try to subvert the elections," Schiff told ABC News' "This Week" co-anchor Jonathan Karl. "And if he loses the vote ... he's prepared to try to take some kind of action to overturn the result, and we really shouldn't question that."
Schiff's remarks come after Trump continued to escalate his rhetoric surrounding the results of the 2020 election, which the president has falsely claimed was stolen ever since his loss. The FBI raided a Fulton County, Georgia, election office and seized ballots from the 2020 election on Jan. 28. Trump lost Georgia by less than 12,000 votes in 2020, and even if he had won the state, it would not have been enough to win in the Electoral College.
In the days since the FBI's raid, Trump has called for nationalizing elections and repeatedly claimed without evidence that Democrats cheat to win elections.
Schiff pointed to Trump's actions after the 2020 election as evidence for the possibility that he would challenge the 2026 results.
"We cannot ignore what they're telling us they're going to do, because time and time again, we have seen that they're willing to go to extraordinary and lawless lengths," Schiff said.
As for who could check any attempt to question the results of the midterms, Schiff said that he does not trust Republicans in Congress, but does trust the American people.
"The best protection we have is to mobilize the largest voter turnout in U.S. history to so overwhelm the vote ... so that there's no way they can cheat," Schiff said.
The California senator said that Trump's actions are due to what he said isthe general unpopularity of his administration's policies. A Quinnipiac University pollreleasedlast week pinned Trump's approval at 37%, with 56% disapproving.
"He hasn't brought prices down. There's chaos and killing in American streets by ICE agents. The public has turned against him," Schiff said. "His ego cannot stand another loss."
As Trump continues his claims of voter fraud, Republicans in Congress hope to pass the SAVE America Act, a bill which would require proof of citizenship to register to vote. If it becomes law, it could overhaul voter registration by requiring registrants to appear in-person to verify their citizenship with a passport or birth certificate, but not a driver's license. Democrats have raised concerns about disenfranchising voters who don't have those documents.
Asked by Karl if there could be a compromise between Democrats and Republicans, such as a law requiring a photo ID to vote, Schiff said he would oppose such a policy.
"It's still going to be something that disenfranchises people ... that don't have the ID necessary to vote, even though they are citizens," Schiff said. "This is another way to simply try to suppress the vote."
A Pew Research Center poll from August 2025 found that 83% of U.S. adultssupport requiring a photo IDto vote -- including 95% of Republicans and 71% of Democrats.
