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Slotkin Demands DoD Troop Nondeployment Clarification for 2026 Midterms

8/19/2026

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Senator Elissa Slotkin asked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to confirm Department of Defense (DoD) will not send troops to polling places in November 2026 midterms.
Pete Hegseth called query a “gotcha hypothetical” and said he never was ordered to act illegally.
Elissa Slotkin said President Donald Trump has hinted at using the military to claim the 2020 election was stolen and to seize voting machines, which Susie Wiles called false.

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Senator Elissa Slotkin asked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to confirm Department of Defense (DoD) will not send troops to polling places in November 2026 midterms.
Pete Hegseth called query a “gotcha hypothetical” and said he never was ordered to act illegally.
Elissa Slotkin said President Donald Trump has hinted at using the military to claim the 2020 election was stolen and to seize voting machines, which Susie Wiles called false.