President Donald Trump claimed his public pressure forced California officials to approve Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton's qualification for the November runoffs rather than proceed with a plan to rig the results of the primary.
California counties were simply counting votes as usual, and Hilton advanced because he earned enough votes.
Hilton hasn't endorsed Trump's claims about fraud in the California primaries.
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If you’re pushing the baseless conspiracy theory that the results of last week’s California primary elections were rigged against Republicans like gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton, it would seem highly inconvenient that Hilton has succeeded in qualifying for the November runoffs.
