Trump pushes 'deranged' voting theories in overnight posting tantrum

President Donald Trump rehashed his hatred for mail-in voting in another overnight posting spree, per the Daily Beast, sharing "unhinged" conspiracy theories and accusing Democrats of "cheating" in elections.

As highlighted in a Thursday morning report from the Daily Beast, Trump took to his Truth Social account at approximately 12:48 a.m., taking aim at the ongoing vote-counting processes in California, for its gubernatorial race and for the mayoral race in Los Angeles. Despite a long history in the state, and almost every other state, of using the system without issue, Trump nevertheless used these races to rehash his past assertion that mail-in voting amounts to cheating. This was a lie he spread with particular vigor in 2020 while trying to claim that his loss to Joe Biden was the result of fraud.

"The Dumocrats are at it again! They are trying to steal the governor of California primary, and the mayor of Los Angeles primary away from two great Republicans candidates. Here we go with the very late and massive numbers of mail in ballots," Trump wrote in his post.

Vote counting processes in modern elections — especially in states with huge populations and with substantial numbers of mail-in ballots — can take a long time to wrap up. As the Daily Beast noted in its report, "As of early Thursday morning, only 56 percent of the votes had been counted in the California governor all-party primary, while 62 percent had been counted in the Los Angeles mayoral election."

Each race is the subject of intense drama and scrutiny. In the governor's race, in which all candidates compete in the same primary and the top two candidates compete in the general, there was fear that a large field of Democrats would split the vote too much and create a general election in which two Republicans were on the final ballot in one of the biggest blue states. The Los Angeles race has also seen the divisive incumbent Karen Bass challenged by Republican candidate and former reality TV star, Spencer Pratt.

Trump added in another post later on: “There’s BIG cheating by the Dumocrats in California. Votes are all tied up. May not be in for weeks. Under investigation by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles. Why the vote counting DELAY???”

The Daily Beast noted that Trump did not elaborate on this alleged investigation into California voting.