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Trump Uses Prime-Time Speech to Revive False Election Claims

Jul 17, 2026Center Left

President Donald Trump used his prime-time speech Thursday to raise questions about election integrity in the build-up to November’s key midterms while reviving false claims about the 2020 election and asserting that China targeted his campaign. NBC’s Gabe Gutierrez reports for TODAY.

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