{"id":2611268,"date":"2026-06-05T19:36:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T23:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-slams-california-for-counting-votes-four-days-after-primary\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T19:37:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T23:37:49","slug":"trump-slams-california-for-counting-votes-four-days-after-primary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-slams-california-for-counting-votes-four-days-after-primary\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump slams California for counting votes four days after primary"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-slams-california-for-counting-votes-four-days-after-primary%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2611268&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Donald Trump criticized California for taking several days to report complete results from this week\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-minority-leader-mccarthy-speaks-highly-of-president-trump-after-previous-critical-comments\/\" title=\"House Minority Leader McCarthy speaks highly of ... ... after previous critical comments\">primary elections<\/a>, claiming-without evidence-that the delay was due to election \u201crigging.\u201d Speaking at an <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >agriculture policy roundtable<\/a> in Wisconsin, he suggested California\u2019s vote-counting lag makes a case for Congress passing the \u201cSave America Act,\u201d which would require voter ID and proof of citizenship to register. Trump also drew a comparison to Spain, saying Spain\u2019s results were fully counted more quickly. The article notes that many jungle primary races remain too close to call, and that California allows votes to be considered valid if thay arrive up to a week after Election Day (with postmarks) as the counting process concludes within a set period.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a> dinged <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/california\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"60\">California<\/a> for its delay in reporting all the results from this week\u2019s primary elections.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During his opening remarks at an agriculture policy roundtable in Chippewa Falls, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/wisconsin\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"239\">Wisconsin<\/a>, Trump alleged without evidence that the delay was due to California \u201crigging the election.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/4596620\/erika-kirk-reposts-ai-spoof-la-mayoral-race\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Erika Kirk reposts AI spoof of Democrats targeting her and LA mayoral race<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/4595957\/dc-mayor-candidates-bowser-congress\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>DC mayoral candidates pan Bowser\u2019s relationship with Congress but have no friends in GOP<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/4594901\/stephen-a-smith-california-democrats-worst-nightmare\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Stephen A. Smith: California is Democrats\u2019 worst nightmare<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCan you imagine?\u201d Trump asked the roundtable and surrounding crowd. \u201cIt\u2019s four days and they still aren\u2019t even close to telling you who won. You know why? Because they\u2019re rigging the election, that\u2019s why.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump then compared California\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-real-clear-politics-say-they-never-called-pennsylvania\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Real Clear Politics -- SAY THEY NEVER CALLED PENNSYLVANIA\">vote counting<\/a> to that of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/spain\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1864\">Spain<\/a>, with California having a population of about 39 million people compared to Spain\u2019s 48 million.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m not a big fan of Spain, to be honest with you, it\u2019s gone very far left, but they had an election,\u201d he said. \u201cSimilar size to the state of California, little larger, actually, and every vote was in by 10 o\u2019clock in the evening and counted.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump said the slow tallying of votes in California was further proof of why Congress should pass the Save America Act, which requires voter ID and proof of citizenship to register to vote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s a crooked state, we have crooked third-world elections in a lot of our states, and we should pass our Save America Act,\u201d the president said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4592163\/bill-pulte-attack-dog-charm-offensive-trump\/\"><strong>HOW BILL PULTE TURNED BEING AN ATTACK DOG INTO A CHARM OFFENSIVE WITH TRUMP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many races from Tuesday night\u2019s jungle primary elections remain too close to call, including the governor\u2019s contest between former Fox News anchor Steve Hilton and former <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"471\">Biden<\/a> Secretary of Health and Human Services <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/xavier-becerra\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1719\">Xavier Becerra<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">California election law stipulates that votes are valid if they arrive up to a week after Election Day, as long as they were postmarked by Tuesday, though the process must conclude within 13 days of the election, or next Monday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump criticized California for late primary results, claiming-without proof-that it \u201crigs\u201d 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