{"id":2617940,"date":"2026-06-23T16:33:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T20:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-he-stopped-california-from-rigging-race-against-hilton\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T16:34:05","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T20:34:05","slug":"trump-says-he-stopped-california-from-rigging-race-against-hilton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-he-stopped-california-from-rigging-race-against-hilton\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says he stopped California from rigging race against Hilton"},"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-says-he-stopped-california-from-rigging-race-against-hilton%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=2617940&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 claimed credit for influencing Steve Hilton\u2019s campaign to become California\u2019s next governor amid concerns about the state\u2019s election processes. Trump recounted making a call to a U.S. Attorney in California to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >investigate alleged election theft<\/a>, asserting that without his intervention, Hilton would be leading the race.Trump also criticized California\u2019s mail-in voting system, stating that the state\u2019s elections are rigged, and emphasized the need to pass the SAVE America Act. He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/american-families-plan-would-put-21-million-more-people-on-welfare-analysts\/\" title=\"American Families Plan Would Put 21 Million More People On Welfare: Analysts\">expressed similar concerns<\/a> about the election integrity affecting Spencer Pratt\u2019s campaign for Los Angeles mayor, questioning if Pratt was unfairly disadvantaged. Trump has consistently criticized California\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/there-is-no-good-reason-to-not-expect-results-on-election-night\/\" title=\"There Is No Good Reason To Not Expect Results On ... Night\">vote counting delays<\/a>, 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.  <\/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>took credit for salvaging former <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fox-news\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"92\">Fox News<\/a> Steve Hilton\u2019s campaign to become <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/california\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"60\">California<\/a>\u2018s next governor amid complaints about the state\u2019s elections.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI called up the very powerful, very good U.S. Attorney in California, and I said, \u2018Do me a favor, take a look, they\u2019re trying to steal that election too,&#8217;\u201d Trump told a crowd Tuesday in Macungie, Pennsylvania.<\/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\/white-house\/4621167\/watch-live-trump-pennsylvania-manufacturing-mack-truck-plant\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>WATCH LIVE: Trump speaks at Pennsylvania manufacturing plant<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4621070\/trump-impeachment-odds-polymarket\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump has a 69% chance of being impeached before end of second term: Polymarket<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4620756\/karoline-leavitt-returning-maternity-leave\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Karoline Leavitt returning to White House at crucial juncture for Trump<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The president said Hilton, who will now contest California\u2019s gubernatorial election against former President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"471\">Joe Biden<\/a>\u2018s Health and Human Services Secretary, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/xavier-becerra\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1719\">Xavier Becerra<\/a>, won \u201can hour after the call.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHad I not made that call, Steve Hilton would right now be looking, watching the election from home,\u201d he added. \u201cHe would have a great chance, but the election is totally rigged. California is totally rigged. All mail-in ballots\u2026 We got to pass the SAVE America Act.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump also had similar complaints about how California\u2019s elections undermined former reality TV star <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/spencer-pratt\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"22652\">Spencer Pratt<\/a>\u2018s campaign to become Los Angeles\u2019s next mayor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDid they screw the kid Pratt?\u201d he said. \u201cHe\u2019s leading, and all of a sudden he\u2019s lost.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4619951\/latino-group-gop-midterm-support\/\"><strong>LATINO GROUP HOMES IN ON KEY MIDTERM RACES, HOPING TO HELP GOP WITH HISPANICS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump has repeatedly criticized California\u2019s elections for delays caused by how the state counts votes cast by mail.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump claims he saved Steve Hilton\u2019s California governor bid amid election fraud allegations<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2652,"featured_media":2617941,"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\/AP26174702256558.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4045,32319,6571,5894,81608],"class_list":["post-2617940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-california","tag-donald-trump","tag-elections","tag-politics","tag-race-integrity"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP26174702256558.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2617940","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\/2652"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2617940"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2617940\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2617944,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2617940\/revisions\/2617944"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2617941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2617940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2617940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2617940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}