Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday accused the Trump administration of “rigging the election” by dispatching federal poll monitors to five California counties, as voters cast ballots on Newsom’s Proposition 50 redistricting measure.

The Department of Justice announced Friday that it would deploy personnel to polling sites in Fresno, Kern, Los Angeles, Orange and Riverside counties to “ensure transparency, ballot security, and compliance with federal law,” ahead of the state’s Nov. 4 special election.

In an interview with KQED’s Political Breakdown, Newsom said the move was a “setup” for the Trump administration to cast doubt on the potential victory of Proposition 50 — a plan to redraw the state’s congressional district lines to advantage Democrats.

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        I mean very different league, but there are studies reports noting some extreme irregularities in several key cities. IE juristictions where hundreds voted for the democratic senator, but zero votes for harris etc…

        but yes obviously the key huge thing to point out is democratic represenatives and candidates. aren’t loudly screaming those on the news and twixxer etc… to encourage mass civil unrest

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          Trump sends a mob to the capital building to stop the certification of an election. A guy on the internet says there were some irregularities.

          u/Bennyboybumberchums: iTs ThE sAmE pIcTuRe

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            Never said it was, thats just what you took it to mean so you could treat a stranger on the internet like shit. Theres always excuses from you people. You never take responsibility for anything. Whatever you did, they did it worse. Whatever you said, they said worse. Whatever horrible shit you say, well, they said it first. Like fucking children, terrified of being wrong.

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              Never said it was, thats just what you took it to mean

              You absolutely are. And the rest of your comment only doubled down on it. Quit equating what Trump did in 2020 to what random people on the internet said one time. It is not even comparable.

              Saying this kind of stuff only gives Trump and his supporters justification for doing the same thing or worse next time.

              And if you think my comment was “treating you like shit”, you probably need to get off the internet. I was as respectful in saying “you are 100% wrong” as possible.

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                I didnt, you just took it that way. I was talking about voters, social media morons, no politicians on either side. You, among others, want to paint what I said in a different context because you know Im right.

                But hey, if you really are that fucking stupid that you think “No one trusts the system anymore” is me talking about the people IN the system, then you really are one of the dumbest fucker of mothers to even grace the internet with your horrible takes.

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                  In 2020, the MAGA said the election was stolen. In 2024, the Dems said the same thing

                  So when you said this, you were just talking about all the same people that complain about elections every single election cycle (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016…)? The people that have never trusted the system? And not the one group that was actually different from every other year?

                  Cause in Dec of 2020, the maga friendly friends of mine were making this exact same comment. “Democrats complained about 2016, Republicans are complaining now, no difference”. And they were pretty fucking quiet when Trump attempted an actual insurrection.

                  And in 2028, when Trump runs for his 3rd term, they are going to be making the exact same comment you just made.

                  so you could treat a stranger on the internet like shit

                  I dont give a shit what you “think”.

                  if you really are that fucking stupid

                  then you really are one of the dumbest fucker of mothers to even grace the internet with your horrible takes.

                  youre a culture war moron thats had your brain rotted by the reddit echo chamber.

                  You come across as the kind of person that is surrounded by assholes, but doesn’t realize who the actual asshole is.

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                    In 2020, the MAGA said the election was stolen. In 2024, the Dems said the same thing

                    “No one trusts the system anymore. In 2020, the MAGA said the election was stolen. In 2024, the Dems said the same thing"

                    You cant fucking follow that? Seriously??? That the “No one” is the people outside the system, not the people in it??? Come the fuck on.