President Donald Trump repeated his claim that primary elections in California were rigged on Sunday, as the state continued to count the votes from several key races.
Echoing his false claims about the 2020 presidential election, Trump suggested that the pace of the vote count in the closely watched gubernatorial and mayoral primaries, and Republicans losing ground as mail-in ballots were tallied, was evidence of fraud.
“They are dropping fast because it’s a rigged election,” he said on NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday, referring to Republican candidates losing ground as mail-in ballots were counted. “Four days and they aren’t even close to coming up with… You know why they are doing that? Because they are cheating on the election?” he continued.
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When pressed by Meet the Press host Kristen Welker whether he had any evidence for his claims, Trump replied: “All I have to do is look.” He then attacked Welker as “crooked” and “stupid.”
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