BREAKING: President Trump FIRES All Democrat Members of Federal Election Agency

President Trump just ousted all remaining members of a key federal election agency — the U.S. Election Assistance Commission.

The two Democrat commissioners, Benjamin Hovland and Thomas Hicks, were fired, while the sole Republican, Christy McCormick, resigned.

Reuters reported:

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday terminated the members of the Election Assistance Commission, the independent, federal commission that assists election administration officials nationwide, according ‌to one person familiar with the decision and two other people briefed on the terminations.

The remaining three commissioners of the four-member bipartisan commission were forced out of the commission on Thursday in different ways. The one Republican appointee resigned and the other two Democratic appointees were ⁠notified of their termination via an email by the White House Presidential Personnel Office.

“On behalf of President Donald J. Trump, I am writing to inform you that your position as Commissioner of the Election Assistance Commission is terminated, effective immediately. Thank you for your service,” the email, seen by Reuters, said.

This major move comes after a pivotal ruling by the Supreme Court expanding President Trump’s authority over independent federal agencies.

Eric Daugherty on X noted:

🚨 BREAKING: President Trump has just FIRED ALL Democrat members of the US Election Assistance Commission (EAC) — NBC

This comes after the SUPREME COURT confirmed the president has full authority to fire heads of agencies across the executive branch, even if they're… pic.twitter.com/r8hMTfMu0Q

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) July 10, 2026

BREAKING: President Trump has just FIRED ALL Democrat members of the US Election Assistance Commission (EAC) — NBC

This comes after the SUPREME COURT confirmed the president has full authority to fire heads of agencies across the executive branch, even if they’re “independent” 🔥🔥

Of the 3 commissioners ousted, 2 were Democrats, and 1 Republican resigned.

Good riddance!

Last year, the Election Assistance Commission was ordered by President Trump to create a new federal voter registration form that would require proof of citizenship.

They refused to do so.

So, with the recent Supreme Court Slaughter decision granting him explicit permission to do so, President Trump just told them, “you’re fired!”

CNN reported further:

A recent Supreme Court decision bolstering a president’s power to fire leaders of independent agencies had many in the election community fearing for the future of the EAC.

The commission was also a target of the first executive order Trump signed seeking to overhaul elections in 2025. It directed the EAC to add a proof of citizenship requirement to federal forms for voter registration, while ordering the commission to pressure states to adopt Election Day mail ballot deadlines.

The executive order was largely blocked in court, with multiple judges concluding Trump did not have the unilateral authority to order the commission to change voter registration requirements. Still, Trump has remained focused on implementing nationwide proof of citizenship requirements, while his prized legislation to do so has floundered in Congress.

“The EAC has been a dead man walking since the Slaughter decision— really since the executive order last year,” one former EAC official told CNN, referring to the Supreme Court decision. “Today’s firings make this even more clear. Congress would have never created a federal agency with the EAC’s mandate that wasn’t independent and insulated from White House direction. RIP EAC.”

Good riddance!

Something tells me this is just the beginning of President Trump taking out the garbage at federal agencies…