Senate Democrats will set up ‘war room’ to fight Trump’s bid to subvert midterms

By Natalie Hausmann

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WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 23: U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) takes a question during a press conference on China AI export controls at the U.S. Capitol on September 23, 2026 in Washington, DC. Schumer, joined by fellow Senate Democrats, urged Senate Republican's and the Trump administration to enact stronger export controls on AI technology and computer chips to China. The Democrats also call for a vote on bipartisan export control legislation, including the AI OVERWATCH Act, the MATCH Act, and the Chip Security Act. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Democrats will launch a centralized hub to combat nationwide election threats in the aftermath of Nov. 3, according to a letter Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer wrote to the Democratic Caucus Friday.

“I am setting up a War Room to help coordinate the post-Election Day overarching campaign against Trump’s effort to steal the election,” Schumer wrote, adding that it will work with Democratic Senate offices “to identify opportunities to combat Trump’s messaging and magnify our responses.”

The war room will game-plan with Congressional Democrats and attorneys working to stave off Trump’s election interference — efforts that are already well underway.

“He [Trump] will not succeed. The courts will stop him legally; the American people will stop him with their votes,” Schumer added. “But we cannot just sit back and wait for him to concede. We need a unified team to fight him.”

President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice (DOJ) has broken precedent this midterm season in filing a flurry of challenges in the lead-up to Election Day, seeking federal interference by demanding states segregate ballots before they are counted, threatening election officials and pushing an ineffective voter data grab.

“We have no idea how long this legal effort will take but, whether it’s a few days, a few weeks or several months, we will be ready to fight him every step of the way,” Schumer wrote.

Schumer also announced a Caucus-wide call this weekend to discuss the ongoing legal battles and assured his colleagues they will receive updates from the Senate election observers deployed across the nation. The Senate Rules Committee will send reports from election observers to the chamber on Election Day, Schumer said.

More than 100 Senate Democratic staffers will fan out across nine states in a first-of-its-kind operation. This comes as the DOJ has planned its own mass monitoring program. At least 21 states are already bearing the brunt of observers, or are preparing to, in the four days before Election Day.