Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin threatened state officials who defy Trump administration election demands. This represents federal coercion of state election officials.
IF YOU ONLY DO ONE THING
Monitor for actual DHS enforcement actions against states; verify legal authority claims and track state responses/legal challenges.
Why This Score
Real federal-state coercion threat on elections raises genuine separation/election concerns, but reliance on a single quotable threat also carries strong outrage-bait/media-hype qualities, balancing A and B scores.