'It is chilling': Elections expert issues dire warning after Trump's latest threat

A prominent elections expert issued a dire warning on Thursday about President Donald Trump's latest threat following Tuesday's elections.

Democrats won several key races on Tuesday, including the gubernatorial races in New Jersey and Virginia, as well as a host of statewide races. Some experts have described the results as a "total repudiation" of the Trump administration.

On Thursday, Trump and his press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, told reporters that the administration is working on an elections-related executive order following Tuesday's outcomes. Marc Elias, a voting rights attorney who has sued the Trump administration multiple times, discussed what the order could mean during a new episode of the "Democracy Watch" podcast with progressive YouTuber Brian Tyler Cohen.

"Now, in some sense, we knew this because Donald Trump has been saying that this is the case, but it is chilling to hear from literally the official podium of the White House that their reaction to election day is the issuance of a new executive order," Elias said. "And then, of course, the morning after the election, you know, you have Donald Trump talking about the filibuster, and what does he say? They need to get rid of the filibuster in his view so they can enact voter ID and other anti-voting measures.

"So, this is a White House that understands that it lost big, that the American people are not with them, and so it's going to have to double down and triple down on voter suppression and election subversion if it's to have a chance in 2026," Elias added.