As Californians voted on Tuesday for a new congressional map, United States President Donald Trump falsely said the process was rigged.“The Unconstitutional Redistricting Vote in California is a GIANT SCAM in that the entire process, in particular the Voting itself, is RIGGED,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list“All ‘Mail-In’ Ballots, where the Republicans in that State are ‘Shut Out,’ is under very serious legal and criminal review. STAY TUNED!”A reporter asked White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt for Trump’s evidence that the election was rigged.“It is just a fact,” Leavitt said. “They have a universal mail-in voting system, which we know is ripe for fraud, … fraudulent ballots that are being mailed in, in the names of other people and the names of illegal aliens who shouldn’t be voting in American elections.”Democratic state officials in California, including Governor Gavin Newsom and Secretary of State Shirley Weber, challenged Trump’s assertion. “Where exactly is this fraud? Ramblings don’t equate with fact,” Weber said.When PolitiFact contacted the White House, a spokesperson responded with several points, many of which had also been shared in an X post. These points criticised California’s voting system but included only one case of a person charged with voter fraud. The White House also misrepresented the numbers on voter registration and voter removal to support its claims.Trump has repeatedly spread falsehoods about “rigged” elections, including in California. Rigging a state election would re …
