Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson and Republican House Majority Leader Steve Scalise claimed there was voter fraud in California, but neither could produce any evidence to back up their claims. Republicans are furious because Republican reality TV star Spencer Pratt came in third in the mayoral race Los Angeles, a heavily-Democratic city, notes Forbes.
RAJU: But what evidence is there to prove the California election is rigged?
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 8, 2026
MIKE JOHNSON: Look, some of these efforts are so diabolical and so far upstream it's impossible to prove. But I think everybody knows instinctively that something is wrong here. pic.twitter.com/gJIYChtG0X
RAJU: The president keep saying the California election was rigged. What evidence have you seen to show there has been widespread fraud?
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 9, 2026
SCALISE: You had wide changes after election night in the results
RAJU: They're just counting the ballots
SCALISE: Look, whether you can… pic.twitter.com/2wRl2ScOK2
(Sources: CNN, X, Forbes)