“The View” co-host Joy Behar argued Tuesday that President Donald Trump was sending National Guard troops to U.S. cities to stop future elections, suggesting Americans may not be allowed to vote.

“This is a pretext to stop the next election,” Behar argued. “That’s what I think.”

The panel discussed Trump’s orders to deploy troops to Portland and Chicago, criticizing the move. The president said he would consider invoking the Insurrection Act to deploy federal troops after a federal judge blocked his administration from sending National Guard units to Portland.

“This is in order to make the case, because in all of their minds, they now believe they have carte blanche to do whatever they want to,” co-host Whoopi Goldberg said.

Behar said, “And if they stop us from voting, that’s the one

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