Trump repeats claim that California election was rigged – US politics live
Donald Trump has repeated his claim that the California election is rigged, citing a post from congressman Abe Hamadeh on X. Trump made the claim on Truth Social, where he posted a screenshot of Hamadeh's post referencing election data platform Decision Desk HQ. The claim comes after Trump walked out of an NBC interview where he falsely claimed that the California gubernatorial race was rigged and asserted untrue claims of cheating in the 2020 US presidential elections.
- ▪Donald Trump repeated his claim that the California election is rigged on Truth Social.
- ▪Trump posted a screenshot of congressman Abe Hamadeh's post on X, which referenced election data platform Decision Desk HQ.
- ▪Trump walked out of an NBC interview where he made false claims about the California gubernatorial race being rigged.
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07.53 EDTTrump repeats claim that California election is riggedWelcome to our coverage of US politics.Donald Trump has repeated a claim made during an NBC interview on Sunday that he walked out of claiming that the California gubernatorial race is rigged.On Monday, the US president posted a screenshot of congressman Abe Hamadeh’s post on X, who claimed that California is “incapable of running free and fair elections consistent with our constitution”.Trump posted the screenshot on Truth Social, with the original post by Hamadeh referring to election data platform Decision Desk HQ that Nithya Raman is projected to win the second of two spots in the CA Los Angeles mayor non-partisan primary election.In response, Trump wrote: “No way this could have happened.
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