{"id":346534,"date":"2026-06-04T14:33:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T14:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/346534\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T14:33:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T14:33:09","slug":"trump-accuses-california-democrats-of-cheating-over-pace-of-vote-counts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/346534\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Accuses California Democrats of \u2018Cheating\u2019 Over Pace of Vote Counts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee mt-8 focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">Incumbent Mayor <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/7334348\/future-of-democratic-party-local\/\" title=\"undefined\" target=\"undefined\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Karen Bass<\/a> has advanced to the November runoff. She&#8217;ll be the city\u2019s first sitting mayor since 2005 to fail to earn the 50% of votes needed to avoid a runoff.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee mt-8 focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">It remains to be seen whether former reality TV star <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/article\/2026\/05\/21\/spencer-pratt-trump-los-angeles-mayor-endorsement\/\" title=\"undefined\" target=\"undefined\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Spencer Pratt<\/a> or Los Angeles city council member Nithya Raman will be the second candidate.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee mt-8 focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">Meanwhile, Trump\u2019s accusations of cheating come after years of him falsely claiming that the 2020 election, <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/5907674\/joe-biden-wins-2020-election\/\" title=\"undefined\" target=\"undefined\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">won by former President Joe Biden<\/a>, was stolen from him.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee mt-8 focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">Amid the rhetoric, on Jan. 6, 2021, rioters <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/5927132\/donald-trump-mob-capitol-chaos\/\" title=\"undefined\" target=\"undefined\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">stormed the Capitol building<\/a> in an attempt to block lawmakers from certifying Biden\u2019s election victory.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee mt-8 focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">It\u2019s a claim the President has continued to make. During a podcast interview released Wednesday, Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SLnB5l1PxCY&amp;t=1042s\" title=\"undefined\" target=\"undefined\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">argued<\/a>: \u201cThe election was rigged 100%&#8230; He [former President Joe Biden] lost the election in a landslide. We have a very corrupt election process.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee mt-8 focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">Since returning to office last year, Trump has made restricting mail voting a major priority\u2014something he says is diminishing the integrity of elections. He is pushing for the passing of the <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/7280834\/save-act-voting-access-history\/\" title=\"undefined\" target=\"undefined\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">SAVE America Act<\/a>, a sweeping federal proposal that would impose stricter voter identification requirements and curb the use of mail-in-ballots.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Incumbent Mayor Karen Bass has advanced to the November runoff. 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