{"id":2612105,"date":"2026-06-08T17:31:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T21:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-johnson-says-los-angeles-mayor-result-stinks-to-high-heaven\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T17:32:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T21:32:21","slug":"mike-johnson-says-los-angeles-mayor-result-stinks-to-high-heaven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-johnson-says-los-angeles-mayor-result-stinks-to-high-heaven\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Johnson says Los Angeles mayor result \u2018stinks to high heaven\u2019"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fmike-johnson-says-los-angeles-mayor-result-stinks-to-high-heaven%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=2612105&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>House Speaker Mike johnson said California\u2019s Los Angeles mayoral primary results \u201cstink to high heaven,\u201d arguing the state\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-defends-nevadas-slow-election-vote-count-after-condemning-delayed-tally-in-2020-iowa-caucuses\/\" title=\"Media Defends Nevada\u2019s Slow ... Vote Count After Condemning Delayed Tally in 2020 Iowa Caucuses\">slow vote-counting process<\/a> is unacceptable nearly a week after Election Day.He stopped short of directly alleging fraud, but echoed President Donald Trump\u2019s earlier claims that the race is \u201crigged\u201d and that California is in a \u201c3rd World Nation.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p>In California\u2019s vote-by-mail system, election officials have up to 30 days to process certain ballot types, and ballots received within a week of Election Day are still valid. Johnson criticized having votes counted weeks after the election and suggested California is \u201cplaying around\u201d with the process.  <\/p>\n<p>Simultaneously occurring, incumbent Mayor Karen Bass has advanced to November, while Spencer Pratt and Nithya Raman are competing for the second spot. Recent ballot drops moved Raman into second <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/demolition-of-surfside-fla-condo-to-take-place-between-sunday-night-and-monday-morning\/\" title=\"Demolition of Surfside, Fla. condo to take place between Sun... night and ...\">place ahead<\/a> of Pratt, potentially setting up a Democrat-on-Democrat matchup in the fall. As of monday morning, about 83% of ballots had been counted, with Raman leading Pratt by roughly 3,100 votes.  <\/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\">House Speaker <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-johnson\/\">Mike Johnson<\/a> (R-LA) said on Monday that the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/california\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"60\">California<\/a> mayoral race result \u201cstinks to high heaven\u201d as the state\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >vote-counting process drags<\/a> on nearly a week after the primary.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> had previously said on social media that the race is \u201crigged\u201d and called California a \u201c3rd World Nation.\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\/senate\/4597537\/government-spy-powers-fisa-702-deadline-congress\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Government spy powers to lapse Friday unless Congress can strike deal<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4598160\/tim-walz-minnesota-whistleblowers-oversight\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Walz administration used outside investigators to punish whistleblowers, oversight committee finds<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/4597287\/deep-pocket-super-pac-progressive-candidate-vows-ban-outside-groups\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Deep-pocketed super PAC backs progressive candidate as she vows to ban outside groups<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nearly a week after California\u2019s primary, the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/los-angeles\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1221\">Los Angeles<\/a> mayoral results still remain up in the air with incumbent Mayor Karen Bass advancing to the November election and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republican\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"926\">Republican<\/a> actor Spencer Pratt and progressive City Council member Nithya Raman vying for the second-place spot.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Recent ballot drops saw Raman pull into second ahead of Pratt, potentially setting up a Democrat-on-Democrat showdown in the fall.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Johnson stopped short of calling the results rigged but lamented the slow pace at which California counts its ballots. California is a vote-by-mail state, meaning every registered voter is mailed a ballot. Election officials have 30 days from Election Day to process certain ballot types, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sos.ca.gov\/administration\/news-releases-and-advisories\/2026-news-releases-and-advisories\/california-secretary-state-shirley-n-weber-phd-reminds-californians-what-expect-during-vote-count-process\">according<\/a> to the secretary of state, and mail ballots received within a week of Election Day are valid.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey are counting votes weeks after the election,\u201d Johnson <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mkraju\/status\/2064058526775812199?s=20\">told CNN<\/a>. \u201cWe have entire nations, with huge populations like India, that can count their votes in 24 to 48 hours.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m not saying it\u2019s rigged, I\u2019m saying it stinks to high heaven, and everybody knows that,\u201d Johnson continued. \u201cLet\u2019s remove the appearance of impropriety, let\u2019s have what a concept, let\u2019s have votes on an election the day of the election, that\u2019s what many states are able to do. I think California is playing around with this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In California\u2019s jungle primary, all candidates regardless of party face off, with the top two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ranked-choice-voting-is-a-nightmare-and-its-on-the-ballot-in-nevada\/\" title=\"Ranked-Choice Voting Is A Nightmare \u2014 And It\u2019s On The Ballot In Nevada\">vote-getters advancing<\/a> to the general election in November.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joy-reid-smiles-and-nods-as-guest-goes-on-racist-rant-about-winsome-sears\/\" title=\"Joy Reid Smiles And Nods As Guest Goes On Racist Rant About Winsome Sears\">election results trickled<\/a> in Sunday, showing Pratt trailing Raman for the first time, Trump alleged the race was \u201crigged.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNo way this could have happened. Rigged Election!\u201d the president wrote<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116713771269812342\"> in a post<\/a> to Truth Social.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4597065\/house-gop-legislative-backlog-midterms\/\">HOUSE GOP FACES GROWING LEGISLATIVE BACKLOG AHEAD OF MIDTERMS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDo you think it\u2019s appropriate that they have an election and five days later, they\u2019re nowhere close to picking a winner?\u201d the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/read-transcript-president-donald-trump-interviewed-nbc-news-meet-press-rcna348508\">president said<\/a> in an interview with NBC\u2019s <em>Meet the Press<\/em> that aired Sunday. \u201cDo you know why they\u2019re doing that? Because they\u2019re cheating on the election.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the<em> Associated Press<\/em>, Raman leads Pratt by just over 3,100 votes, with 27.1% of the ballots, compared to Pratt\u2019s 26.7%. As of Monday morning \u2014 six days after the election \u2014 83% of ballots had been counted.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mike Johnson says California\u2019s mayoral vote count \u201cstinks,\u201d after Trump calls it \u201crigged.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3691,"featured_media":2612106,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP26154583126175.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[36585,34218,5894,50753],"class_list":["post-2612105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-los-angeles","tag-mike-johnson","tag-politics","tag-public-officials"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP26154583126175.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2612105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3691"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2612105"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2612105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2612109,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2612105\/revisions\/2612109"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2612106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2612105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2612105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2612105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}