President Donald Trump repeated false claims about 2020 election fraud in a podcast interview and called on Republicans to “nationalize” the election.
The U.S. Constitution allows individual states to decide how elections are conducted, and voting has long been managed by local officials across the country.
BBC’s Washington correspondent Daniel Bush explains why the president’s comments will have such a big impact in the midterm elections.
Video edited by Alex Foster and filmed by Blanca Estrada
