Senator Elissa Slotkin sought assurances from Pentagon leaders that troops would not be used to interfere in midterm elections.
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VINCEOct 28, 2026
Multiple independent tier1 sources confirm that Sen. Elissa Slotkin sent letters in August 2026 to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine asking for assurances that the military would not be used to interfere in the midterm elections.
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… It's been going on for months. What does she mean? She's afraid that Trump's going to interfere in the election. Let me read this to you. This is Alyssa Slotkin's post yesterday morning. She posted this: Last month, I sought assurances from our nation's top military and civilian leaders at the Pentagon that troops will not be used to interfere our midterm elections and that any order to do so would be illegal. The law is clear: Our military has no business interfering in our elections, policing polling places, or handing ballots, handling ballots, rather, or voting machines. What the hell is she talking about? …
VINCE · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. AP reports that Slotkin wrote to Hegseth and Gen. Caine on August 18, 2026, asking them to confirm the Department of Defense will not send federal troops to the polls or seize election materials.[1][4][5]
Supports. Reuters reports that Caine's reply was sent in response to Slotkin's request for assurances from senior military leaders, including Hegseth, that the administration would not interfere in the November elections.[2]
Supports. Slotkin's own press release from August 18, 2026 confirms she sent letters to Hegseth and Caine calling on them to confirm the military will play no role in the November elections.[3]
Context. The claimant's own X post and the Forth repost confirm Slotkin's statement that she sought such assurances; these are not independent evidence and are used only to resolve the referent.[6][7]
Sources
7 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 1 primary, 4 not rated
- 1Senator asks for commitment to keep US military out of ...apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2'No plans' to deploy troops to midterm elections polling sites, top US general saysreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 3As President Trump Refuses to Rule it Out, Slotkin Presses ...slotkin.senate.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 4Senator presses Hegseth, Caine for commitment to keep U.S. military out of the midterm electionstexarkanagazette.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5Senator presses Hegseth, Caine for commitment to keep US military out of the midterm electionsajc.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6Last month, I sought assurances from our nation's top military and civilian leaders at the Pentagon that troops will not be used to interfere in our midterm elections—and that any order to do so would be illegal. | Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) | Forthforth.news · not rated · cited for: context
- 7Sen. Elissa Slotkin on Xx.com · not rated · cited for: context
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