Posted on 06/07/2026 6:13:14 PM PDT by Red Badger
As the city of Los Angeles continues counting ballots in the mayoral election, the entire country is eagerly awaiting the final results due to outsider candidate Spencer Pratt attempting to shake things up by bringing a fresh alternative to the heavily blue city.
On election night last Tuesday, incumbent Mayor Karen Bass secured first place and a spot in a two-candidate runoff in November with Pratt receiving around 30% of the vote and Democrat City Councilmember Nithya Raman coming in with around 21%.
Raman all but conceded on election night in an emotional speech, but mail-in votes tallied in the following days showed an extraordinary bump in support for the councilwoman, causing many Angelenos and Americans to cry foul.
On Saturday, Pratt posted an image of Hollywood actor Russell Crowe from the film A Beautiful Mind where he’s staring into a window with complex math equation written on the glass.
“Me trying to figure out how votes get counted in LA,” the candidate wrote.
Following a large ballot drop boosting Raman’s numbers on Saturday, War Room host Harrison Smith wrote, “Let’s just entertain this INSANE fantasy in which the Democrats in LA straight-up dump tens of thousands of fraudulent ballots into the count at the last second, blatantly stealing the election in front of everyone… What would happen? Would anyone do anything about it?”
“Are we all suppose to pretend like Spencer Pratt’s election isn’t being stolen by the communists?” asked journalist Breanna Morrello.
Others shared their skepticism about the voting process:
A sports journalist residing in L.A. who usually avoids posting political content felt he had to speak out, saying he cannot believe the results.
“Nithya Raman has no base. No one knew who she was until Spencer Pratt torched her on debate stage. She gave a concession speech on Tuesday,” he said. “I really hope the federal government and United States Attorney Bill Essayl are investigating.(Again, apologize for getting political. Feel free to unfollow if this bothers you. But a light needs to be shined on what’s happening.)”
Even the Los Angeles Times admitted a batch of tens of thousands of mail-in ballots were cast for Bass and Raman without a single vote for Pratt, calling the situation a “glitch.”
During an interview with NBC News anchor Kristen Welker on Meet The Press this weekend, President Trump blasted California’s “dirty election” taking over five days to count the votes.
“That’s how they count the votes in California,” Welker hilariously retorted, with POTUS replying, “Yeah, because they’re cheating on the election… They’re crooked.”
“That’s how they vote in California,” the reporter said again.
The remark sent President Trump off, telling Welker, “No, they’re crooked just like you’re crooked. Your press is crooked, and Meet The Press is crooked.”
When Welker claimed she’s “not crooked,” POTUS replied, “Really? Well, you play right into their hands. You’re either crooked or you’re stupid. You play right into their hands with this.”
Trump also posted on Truth Social Thursday, saying California Democrats are stealing elections “right before our very eyes.”
“Look what’s happening in California, the Dumocrats, right before our very eyes, are stealing the Vote. I hope the Republicans are watching so that they can finally pass THE SAVE AMERICA ACT!” he wrote.
United States Attorney for the Central District of California, Bill Essayli, confirmed in a post on X that his office “has multiple election fraud investigations underway” in California, and is coordinating with the FBI in Los Angeles.
On Sunday, Essayli announced California “is blocking a federal audit of its voter rolls.”
He added, “California allows first-time voters to register using forms of ID that most Americans would find surprising, including:”
-Gym membership card -Employer ID card -Credit or debit card -Prescription drug label -Insurance card (California provides free health coverage to undocumented immigrants)
“We also have serious concerns about how California maintains its voter rolls. There are open questions about whether the state is promptly removing deceased voters, people who have moved, and individuals convicted of disqualifying felonies,” Essayli continued.
“For over a year, the Department of Justice has been trying to audit California’s voter rolls. Federal law gives the Attorney General the authority to review state voter files and confirm that only eligible U.S. citizens are voting in federal elections. Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon sent California a letter explaining our legal authority. California refused to comply, claiming state privacy laws block the review, an argument that does not hold up because those laws don’t apply to the federal government in this context. We’ve sued California in federal court, and the case is before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. If California genuinely wants voters to trust its elections, it should open its records, not fight to keep them closed. What are they afraid of?”
The Democrats cannot allow Pratt to get into office and dig the blue city out of the hole created by leftist politicians as it could open the eyes of voters in collapsing Dem-run towns across the country.
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Pratt was unlikely to win in the general. This blatant vote rigging is a strategic mistake.
I always thought we’d only lose our country after a huge war, not like this.
“So this is how liberty dies, with thunderous applause” .................
Cut off every penny sent to Kalifornia. Let them simmer in their own fecal juices. Trying to save them from themselves plays right into the hands of the left, nationwide.
Pull every federal agency, program, regulatory body, and subsidy, out of the state.
Some libtard judge would stop it.............
If this trend continues, I hope it finally wakes people up to the blatant voter fraud going on in CA. But let’s be honest, Newsom said no GOP candidate would win in CA, and that he would make sure of it. What more evidence do we need to see the corruption there.
If they used the US Postal Service, that gives the Feds the authority to investigate.
The FBI will pull up a chair and watch it with the rest of us.
No, not period.
Not if constitutional rights are being violated.
And elections are specifically called out as a state matter in the constitution. I don’t like it one bit, but that’s the reality and judicial view. The states are free to cheat, lie, steal, elections. That’s why there is a first and second amendment to the constitution. The founding fathers thought we were a moral and ethical society that would discuss voter fraud and summarily execute those involved. (At the state level)
They can’t help themselves. In a clean scenario, Pratt would end up going against Bass and then be trounced in the general.
Wrong. It’s a state matter to set valid election laws. But to steal elections violates federal due process rights.
I disagree. The Guarantee Clause (Article IV, Section 4) mandates that the federal government must guarantee every state in the Union a republican form of government.
Remember, they want this chaos and destruction of the election systems. The more you point it out and call attention to it, the bolder they become. It's well past civil discourse. It's Cloward - Piven ruin..
Thanks.
Quelle surprise.
The machinery for fraud is still in place throughout California, and the incumbents have their hands on all the levers of power, running amok and unchecked by any scruple or sense of shame for their reckless disregard of a very large body of law, and counting on the tortured interpretation by compliant judiciary that the law as written in “not applicable”, and any challengers have “no standing”.
Time for someone to be wading in prepared to start kicking ass and taking names. I understand the DOJ is already on alert.
Our constitutional franchise has been pissed all over, shredded and set on fire here in Ca. Yes, it’s a federal issue now and it’s about time it’s taken up.
they had to go for the guaranteed win
they could not solely rely on angelenos love for poop and needles
Why can’t Republicans, pranksters or conservative internet trolls do the same thing?
arrange for 1 million mail in ballots for some random cartoon character
Turn it into a total farce.
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