By Ricardo Roura
Without presenting proof, President Donald Trump accused Democrats of “trying to steal” the primary elections for governor of California and the mayor of Los Angeles.
In a message on his Fact Social account, The president criticized the vote by mailwhich Gavin Newsom’s government promoted for the electoral process on Tuesday, June 2.
“They are trying STEAL THE PRIMARY FOR GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA AND THE PRIMARY FOR MAYOR OF LOS ANGELES TO TWO GREAT REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES. Here we go with the massive and late amount of MAIL-IN BALLOTS,” the president wrote.
Keep reading: Becerra closes the gap with Hilton in the California gubernatorial primary
In his message, published this Wednesday night, Trump said Democrats delayed vote countingbut did not present any evidence to support his statements.
Trump also assured that the electoral process was under investigation by the United States Attorney’s Office in the Central District of Californiaa statement that has also not been corroborated.
“The votes are deadlocked. They may not meet for weeks. The US attorney’s office in Los Angeles is investigating the case. “Why is the vote count delayed?” Trump said in a later post.
Keep reading: Bass maintains lead in Los Angeles mayoral election
On the night of Tuesday, June 2, California election officials They published the first preliminary results of the primaries.
In the race for governor of California, Republican Steve Hilton was in first placewith an advantage over Democrat Xavier Becerra.
Preliminary results for the mayor of Los Angeles, Karen Bass was in front of the vote, followed by reality star Spencer Pratt, who received public support from Trump.
Keep reading: Hilton and Becerra consolidate leadership in the California gubernatorial primaries
California election officials said early preliminary results They considered only the votes that were received by mail that arrived days before election day.as well as the ballots previously delivered to the voting centers.
In addition to the votes that were cast on election day, they are also considered for the recount mail-in ballots that arrive up to a week after Election Day and have the postmark date until June 2.
The final results are expected to be confirmed and published a few weeks after California primary election day.
Keep reading:
· Karen Bass leads the primaries for mayor of Los Angeles
· Closed fight between Becerra and Hilton after the start of counting votes for governor of California
· Bass hopes to obtain the votes to be re-elected as mayor of Los Angeles
