Trump says he stopped California from rigging race against Hilton
President Donald Trump claimed credit for influencing Steve Hilton’s campaign to become California’s next governor amid concerns about the state’s election processes. Trump recounted making a call to a U.S. Attorney in California to investigate alleged election theft, asserting that without his intervention, Hilton would be leading the race.Trump also criticized California’s mail-in voting system, stating that the state’s elections are rigged, and emphasized the need to pass the SAVE America Act. He expressed similar concerns about the election integrity affecting Spencer Pratt’s campaign for Los Angeles mayor, questioning if Pratt was unfairly disadvantaged. Trump has consistently criticized California’s vote counting delays, which allow ballots postmarked by election Day to arrive up to a week later, though the counting must finish within 13 days. Additionally, Trump highlighted GOP efforts to support Hispanic voters in key midterm races.
President Donald Trump took credit for salvaging former Fox News Steve Hilton’s campaign to become California‘s next governor amid complaints about the state’s elections.
“I called up the very powerful, very good U.S. Attorney in California, and I said, ‘Do me a favor, take a look, they’re trying to steal that election too,’” Trump told a crowd Tuesday in Macungie, Pennsylvania.
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The president said Hilton, who will now contest California’s gubernatorial election against former President Joe Biden‘s Health and Human Services Secretary, Xavier Becerra, won “an hour after the call.”
“Had I not made that call, Steve Hilton would right now be looking, watching the election from home,” he added. “He would have a great chance, but the election is totally rigged. California is totally rigged. All mail-in ballots… We got to pass the SAVE America Act.”
Trump also had similar complaints about how California’s elections undermined former reality TV star Spencer Pratt‘s campaign to become Los Angeles’s next mayor.
“Did they screw the kid Pratt?” he said. “He’s leading, and all of a sudden he’s lost.”
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Trump has repeatedly criticized California’s elections for delays caused by how the state counts votes cast by mail.
California election law stipulates that votes are valid if they arrive by mail up to a week after Election Day, as long as they were postmarked by that Tuesday. The counting process, however, must conclude within 13 days of the election.
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