Tangent
President Donald Trump baselessly declared the Los Angeles mayor’s race was “rigged” and urged Pratt not to “go away quietly.” Trump also claimed, without evidence, that California’s GOP gubernatorial nominee, former Fox News host Steve Hilton, was “cheated” out of votes.
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Key Background
Musk has repeatedly promoted claims of election fraud in the LA’s mayor’s race, baselessly suggesting Democrats were engaged in fraud. In one post, he amplified a claim that Pratt had received 0 votes in an overnight drop of 24,000 ballots, an allegation debunked by the Justice Department, which said publicly it reviewed official county records and each candidate received votes in every update. The claim originated when some news organizations published staggered updates of vote tallies, first showing Raman and Bass receiving tens of thousands of new votes, then updating the page to show Pratt receiving tens of thousands of new votes. Some observers, however, took screenshots of the update before Pratt’s votes were accounted for.
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further reading
Musk Joins Trump In Boosting Unsubstantiated Claims About LA Mayor Election As Pratt Drops To Third (Forbes)
Trump Baselessly Accuses Democrats Of ‘Stealing’ California Primaries (Forbes)
Spencer Pratt Fails To Advance In Los Angeles Mayor’s Race (Forbes)