Trump Calls Connecticut an Extermely Corrupt Voting State
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In a TV Interview on February 10 with Fox Business News host Larry Kudlow, President Trump criticized Connecticut's voting integrity laws and took a swipe at Democrat CT Senator Richard Blumenthal. Kudlow, a Redding, CT resident, said, "I vote in the state of CT. You don't need a photo ID. You could vote if you just show them a credit card or a debit card, which anybody can get their hands on. I think it's a scam."
Responding to Kudlow, Trump said, "Connecticut is a very corrupt voting place. That's why a guy like Blumenthal can keep getting elected. He admitted that he cheated in the war. I went to Vietnam for a couple of days and I spent two more days than he did there. He was never there."
Blumenthal emailed a response, saying "voter fraud is incredibly rare in Connecticut." CT Secretary of the State Stephanie Thomas echoed this sentiment, calling the federal push for stricter mandates "unnecessary." Thomas asserted that CT already effectively balances security and access while avoiding the unfunded mandates that would strain local registrars.
While Senator Blumenthal maintains fraud is "incredibly rare," the case of the mishandling of ballots by Wanda Geter-Pataky, Vice Chair of the Bridgeport Democrat Town Committee leader and former city employee, is a cautionary one. Arrested for mishandling absentee ballots in 2019, she was captured on video in 2023 depositing stacks of ballots into drop boxes. A judge called the video evidence "shocking," overturned the election results, and ordered a new primary. Geter-Pataky is currently facing 90 counts of election fraud and was re-arrested in August 2025 for allegedly tampering with witnesses while awaiting trial.
Between the Lines: While Connecticut law allows a person to vote using just a credit card or a signed affidavit, the federal SAVE America Act—passed by the House this month, but facing a wall of resistance in the Senate—demands physical documentary proof of citizenship at the Registrar's office to register, strict photo ID to cast a ballot in person and a photocopy of that ID for absentee ballots. TIghter rules mean ballot stuffing schemes like the one in Bridgeport should be not just rare, but non-existent.