{"id":340433,"date":"2026-05-31T17:26:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T17:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/340433\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T17:26:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T17:26:17","slug":"trumps-damning-five-word-verdict-on-californias-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/340433\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump’s damning five-word verdict on California’s elections"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gavin Newsom\u00a0fired back at Donald Trump\u00a0after the president dismissed <\/a>California\u2019s election system with a blunt five-word assessment ahead of the primary election.<\/p>\n

Speaking with his daughter-in-law Lara Trump on Fox News, the president said \u201cCalifornia elections are a fraud,\u201d while renewing his criticism of the state\u2019s voting procedures.<\/p>\n

Speaking with his daughter-in-law Lara Trump on Fox News, the president said \u201cCalifornia elections are a fraud,\u201d while renewing his criticism of the state\u2019s voting procedures. Samuel Corum \/ Pool via CNP \/ SplashNews.com<\/p>\n

He also argued eliminating election fraud nationwide would help solve the country\u2019s fiscal problems and repeated longstanding complaints about voting practices in California.<\/p>\n

The remarks quickly drew a sharp response from Newsom\u2019s office. \u201cNo,\u201d Newsom shot back in a post on X from the governor\u2019s press office account. \u201cYou\u2019re just a loser.\u201d<\/p>\n

The exchange marked the latest chapter in the ongoing feud between the Democratic governor, who is weighing a 2028 White House run, and the Republican president, who have frequently sparred over issues ranging from immigration and wildfire management to voting rights and election administration.<\/p>\n

During the interview, Trump alleged California lacks voting booths and claimed voting is conducted entirely by mail.<\/p>\n

The remarks quickly drew a sharp response from Newsom\u2019s office. \u201cNo,\u201d Newsom shot back in a post on X from the governor\u2019s press office account. \u201cYou\u2019re just a loser.\u201d AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n

He also repeated his assertion that mail-in voting is \u201crigged\u201d and suggested the state should abandon the practice.<\/p>\n

Lara Trump echoed the criticism, describing California as \u201cwonky\u201d during the discussion.<\/p>\n

Newsom responded with another social media post accusing the president of spreading misinformation about the election process as Californians prepare to cast ballots.<\/p>\n

\u201cTrump is actively lying to Americans. Again,\u201d Newsom warned on X. \u201cThis time it\u2019s to keep you from voting. Don\u2019t believe him.\u201d<\/p>\n

The political clash comes just days before California voters head to the polls in the state\u2019s primary election, with voting already underway.<\/p>\n

The political clash comes just days before California voters head to the polls in the state\u2019s primary election, with voting already underway. David Buchan for New York Post<\/p>\n

Trump has recently weighed in on several high-profile California races.<\/p>\n

The president has praised mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt, the reality television personality seeking to lead Los Angeles despite having no prior political experience. <\/p>\n

Trump has also endorsed former Fox News commentator Steve Hilton in the race for governor, although he acknowledged uncertainty about whether a Republican can capture statewide office in heavily Democratic California.<\/p>\n

The dispute over election integrity follows action taken by Newsom earlier this week to strengthen protections around the state\u2019s election system. <\/p>\n

The governor signed legislation designed to prevent federal interference in California elections, describing the measure as a safeguard against what he characterized as growing concerns over potential federal actions targeting Democratic-led states and cities.<\/p>\n

\u201cI expect the worst with Trump because he\u2019s done the worst,\u201d Newsom said at a news conference discussing the legislation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gavin Newsom\u00a0fired back at Donald Trump\u00a0after the president dismissed California\u2019s election system with a blunt five-word assessment ahead…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":340434,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,46666,9,8,14019,457,13,3586],"class_list":["post-340433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-governor-election-2026","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-fox-news","tag-gavin-newsom","tag-politics","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=340433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340433\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/340434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=340433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=340433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=340433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}