{"id":346869,"date":"2026-06-04T19:02:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T19:02:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/346869\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T19:02:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T19:02:25","slug":"trump-claims-california-democrats-are-trying-to-steal-primary-elections-abc-news-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/346869\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Claims California Democrats Are Trying to \u2018Steal\u2019 Primary Elections, ABC News Reports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump late Wednesday accused California Democrats of trying to \u201csteal\u201d the state\u2019s gubernatorial and Los Angeles mayoral primaries, <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.com\/Politics\/trump-accuses-california-democrats-evidence-steal-elections\/story?utm_source=facebook&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=dhfacebook&amp;utm_content=null&amp;id=133578982&amp;fbclid=IwY2xjawSOoWdleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFWSHBVd0F2TXhUbWhiN0xLc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHkQdZpSsTixlJ4k9dBet4Pa-3M5LzKOnIh6n_tZ41uvy9FlRIGMb_BOmKw81_aem_YM20rB0paefw0M_qwVz8VA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">ABC News reported.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump alleged problems with mail-in ballots and delayed vote counting without providing evidence.<\/p>\n<p>Trump also claimed the vote tally was under investigation by the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office in Los Angeles. The office declined to comment on the assertion. California Democratic Party Chair Rusty Hicks called the allegations \u201cbaseless,\u201d while Gov. Gavin Newsom\u2019s office said Trump was \u201clying about California again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/gvwire.com\/contact\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"GVWire-Ad-Get-our-mobile-app-1280\u00d790-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GVWire-Ad-Get-our-mobile-app-1280x90-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"   width=\"1280\" height=\"90\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>California election officials have long said vote counting can take days or weeks because of the state\u2019s size, reliance on mail-in ballots and requirements to verify signatures and count ballots received up to seven days after Election Day if postmarked on time.<\/p>\n<p>Secretary of State Shirley Weber said extended counting is normal and necessary to ensure accuracy. Final certified results from Tuesday\u2019s primary are due by July 3.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.com\/Politics\/trump-accuses-california-democrats-evidence-steal-elections\/story?utm_source=facebook&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=dhfacebook&amp;utm_content=null&amp;id=133578982&amp;fbclid=IwY2xjawSOoWdleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFWSHBVd0F2TXhUbWhiN0xLc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHkQdZpSsTixlJ4k9dBet4Pa-3M5LzKOnIh6n_tZ41uvy9FlRIGMb_BOmKw81_aem_YM20rB0paefw0M_qwVz8VA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Read more at ABC News.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"President Donald Trump late Wednesday accused California Democrats of trying to \u201csteal\u201d the state\u2019s gubernatorial and Los Angeles&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":346870,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8],"class_list":["post-346869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346869","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=346869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346869\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/346870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=346869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=346869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=346869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}