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WATCH: Trump Says “They’re Rigging the Election” in California as Counting Continues – “They Found a Lot of Mail-in Ballots Last Night”
Gateway Pundit ^ | June 04, 2026 | Jordan Conradson

Posted on 06/04/2026 7:57:29 PM PDT by Red Badger

President Trump sounded the alarm on California on Thursday, telling reporters, “They’re rigging the election,” as counting continues across the state and key races for California governor and Los Angeles mayor remain undecided.

As The Gateway Pundit reported, Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt had surged on election night, taking an early lead over Democratic Councilwoman Nithya Raman and trailing incumbent Democrat Mayor Karen Bass by a slim margin. The two top vote-getters will advance to a runoff if no candidate receives over 50% of the vote.

However, the late-arriving mail-in votes, which are expected to be roughly a third of the total vote, will take days to arrive under California’s lawless vote-by-mail system.

As of 2:47 pm ET, 62% of ballots in the Los Angeles mayor's race had been counted. Only Bass has been projected to advance to the runoff in November, where she will face either Spencer Pratt or Nithya Raman.

Election results showing Karen Bass leading with 35% of votes, followed by Spencer Pratt and Nithya Raman in a competitive race for the general election.

Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton is currently in first place with 27.5% of the vote, but over four million ballots remain uncounted.

Trump, on Thursday, was speaking to reporters about the SAVE America Act, which will end no-excuse mail-in voting and require proof of citizenship to vote, and he highlighted the potentially incoming theft in California.

"You see what's happening in California. They're rigging the election," he said.

"We just don't want cheating in our elections, and you see it happening in California. Those numbers are coming down rapidly. They found a lot of mail-in ballots last night, shockingly. So, we don't want that."

WATCH:

VIDEO AT LINK...........

Trump: We put in today, as you know, about Save America, the SAVE America Act. I don't know, someday the Senate and the House will get it done, although I must tell you the house has approved it about three times already. Save America Act.

You see what's happening in California. They're rigging the election. Now, maybe we caught them, and maybe they won't be able to get away with it. They tried with me. They did it successfully the second time. The third time, we made it too big to rig. Too many votes, they couldn't do it. They could only go— They sort of gave up at about 9:07 when they got slaughtered with the votes that came in. But no mail-in ballots, except for illness, disability, military, or travel.

So we're being very progressive, and we just don't want cheating in our elections, and you see it happening in California. Those numbers are coming down rapidly. They found a lot of mail-in ballots last night, shockingly. So, we don't want that.

Trump Says "They're Rigging the Election" in California as Counting Continues

Earlier today, Trump said in a statement on Truth Social, "Look what’s happening in California, the Dumocrats, right before our very eyes, are stealing the Vote," calling on Republicans to "finally" pass the bill.

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! President DONALD J. TRUMP

In a follow-up post, Trump laid out the items within the bill.

THE SAVE AMERICA ACT!

1. ALL VOTERS MUST SHOW PHOTO I.D. (IDENTIFICATION!).

2. ALL VOTERS MUST SHOW PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP.

3. NO MAIL-IN BALLOTS (EXCEPT FOR ILLNESS, DISABILITY, MILITARY, OR TRAVEL!).

4. NO MEN IN WOMEN’S SPORTS.

5. NO TRANSGENDER MUTILIZATION SURGERY FOR OUR CHILDREN.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: california; cheating; mayor; rigging

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1 posted on 06/04/2026 7:57:29 PM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

Huh.


2 posted on 06/04/2026 8:01:43 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: Red Badger
as counting continues across the State

"Counting" will continue until the democRATs/DemoKKKrats obtain their desired results.

3 posted on 06/04/2026 8:02:08 PM PDT by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try. )
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To: Red Badger

When the SC let the rats steal 20 it gave them an open field going forward and they have run wild ever since.


4 posted on 06/04/2026 8:04:42 PM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: Red Badger

The Trump admin’s been too focused on foreign policy, but the RNC in particular should have been on this...Nope. MIA!


5 posted on 06/04/2026 8:07:33 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege (🩰🎶)
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To: Red Badger

Well I’ll be damned, didn’t see that coming. /s

WTF did you expect?


6 posted on 06/04/2026 8:11:37 PM PDT by Equine1952 (MM1SS SASOBe)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

“the RNC in particular should have been on this”

The dolt in charge of the RNC is as bad as Ronna Romney.

It’s ridiculous that Scott Presler has not been given that job.


7 posted on 06/04/2026 8:17:22 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam ( "Trouble knocked at the door, but, hearing laughter, hurried away". - B. Franklin)
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To: Red Badger

The election in cA will help push the SaVE Act through, I hope


8 posted on 06/04/2026 8:17:46 PM PDT by When do we get liberated? (A socialist is a communist who realizes he must suckle the breast of Capitalism.)
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To: Ronaldus Magnus III

If my calculations are correct (chat got) the third place candidate needs 67% of remaining vote to overtake Pratt.
A real vote count would make that impossible
Just like Obama in Philadelphia and Cincinnati; Biden in the familiar places; this would have to assume zero votes for Pratt in what is counted.

My assumptions may be misguided resulting in bad results.


9 posted on 06/04/2026 8:20:06 PM PDT by linedrive ( )
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To: When do we get liberated?

It’s dead, Jim...............


10 posted on 06/04/2026 8:22:21 PM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: linedrive

I do t know about the numbers but cheating is organized by the party. Bass has to think she’s more likely to beat Pratt than Raman, since a surge of the far left could rally behind Raman and push her to a Mamdani-type victory. I think the rat machine wants Pratt


11 posted on 06/04/2026 8:24:01 PM PDT by j.havenfarm (25 years on Free Republic, 12/10/25! More than 12,750 replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: Red Badger
Spencer Pratt should've ran as a Democrat. He could've kept the same platform. Didn't really matter.

That's the only way to win a major race in California.

12 posted on 06/04/2026 8:24:35 PM PDT by Drew68
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To: Drew68

He would have been rejected out of hand.............


13 posted on 06/04/2026 8:26:14 PM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: Red Badger

It’s a referendum on the stupidity of LA voters.


14 posted on 06/04/2026 8:29:38 PM PDT by bigbob (We are all Charlie Kirk now)
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To: Drew68
Spencer Pratt should've ran as a Democrat. He could've kept the same platform. Didn't really matter.

Technically, it is a non-partisan election. Pratt stated that he registered Republican because he needed to get a carry permit, and the Dems were worse than worthless on that.
15 posted on 06/04/2026 8:30:28 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye." (John 2:5))
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To: Red Badger
This is from last month:

RNC launches multimillion-dollar election integrity push in 17 states ahead of midterms

They should have been launched for the primaries, especially in Red-controlled States.

16 posted on 06/04/2026 8:30:57 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: bigbob

“Stupidity was as necessary as intelligence, and as difficult to attain.”- George Orwell, 1984

“Some ideas are so stupid that only intellectuals believe them.”
― George Orwell


17 posted on 06/04/2026 8:33:07 PM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: Red Badger

It is high time that the Civil Rights Division of DoJ send laywers and staff to CA for this fraud. As as starter. Them send in National Guard troops a step behind them. This is NO different from the south denyting voting rights and fair elections to african americans back the day.


18 posted on 06/04/2026 8:35:19 PM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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To: Red Badger

raman got into the race to run interference for bass

she needs 37k to do that

think nascar

she is the block to keep pratt off the ballot in the general


19 posted on 06/04/2026 8:36:27 PM PDT by joshua c (collectivism has many names but the result is the same; the state is primary, the citizen is a slave)
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To: All; Red Badger

The brief/FAQ on the CA mail-in ballot rules:

https://dp.electionresults.sos.ca.gov/frequently-asked-questions#faq-reporting

Current status: https://dp.electionresults.sos.ca.gov/returns/status

Counties have 36 days to “finalize”/certify the results. They can & will report 100% results before that. In the “old days” (pre-COVID) it was mail-in only (postmarked by election day) for hardships/disability/illness with everyone else at a polling place. Results came in mostly by 2-3am the AM after election night with 99+% by the next afternoon. Not so much any more with “mail” ballot collection from lots & lots of drop boxes and some “mail back” ballots arriving up to 7 days after the election.

Need to go back to the old “pre-COVID” way! Waaaay too many ballots “floating around” out there when mailed out to dead/moved out state, etc., etc. people!


20 posted on 06/04/2026 8:38:16 PM PDT by Drago (.)
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