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(NewsNation) — In an interrogation with Dr. Phil McGraw, former President Donald Trump claimed helium would triumph California if "Jesus came down" to number the votes.
In the interview, the erstwhile president repeated his mendacious claims that the 2020 predetermination was unfair and rife with elector fraud. While Trump has continued to suggest the 2020 predetermination was rigged, determination has been no impervious offered to enactment those claims, and aggregate ineligible efforts to question predetermination results failed for deficiency of evidence.
“In different words, if we had an honorable ballot counter, a truly honorable ballot antagonistic — I bash large with Hispanics, great, I mean astatine a level nary Republican has ever done," Trump said. "But if we had an honorable ballot counter, I would triumph California.”
Trump attacked the usage of mail-in ballots, which person been a people for Republican lawmakers who person worked to bounds the usage of aboriginal voting and voting by mail, which makes voting accessible to much people.
"I spell astir California, they person Trump signs each implicit the place,” Trump said.
The past clip a Republican won successful California, it was erstwhile President George H. W. Bush successful 1988. President Joe Biden won the authorities by 30 points successful 2020.
Recent polls amusement Vice President Kamala Harris with a commanding pb implicit Trump successful the state, polling astatine 65% to Trump's 35%. Before helium dropped retired of the race, Biden was besides starring Trump, though helium did canvass little than Harris, coming it astatine 52%, portion Trump inactive polled astatine 35%.
Trump has repeatedly signaled that helium whitethorn contest the results of the 2024 predetermination if helium does not win, adjacent though his claims of elector fraud person been repeatedly disproven and helium present faces transgression charges for predetermination interference in Georgia and astatine the national level.
