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Trump Cries Fraud Over CA's (Normal) Slow Vote Count

Now we know why so many leading California Democratic elected officials - notably Governor Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta - made such a big deal out of the need for Golden State voters to fill out and send in their mail ballots as early as possible this year.

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RealClearPoliticsNews report · Jun 5, 8:48 PM

Trump Cries Fraud Over CA's (Normal) Slow Vote Count

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Now we know why so many leading California Democratic elected officials - notably Governor Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta - made such a big deal out of the need for Golden Stat...

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Conservative BriefNews report · Jun 5, 2:16 PM

Newsom Defends Extremely Slow Vote Counting In California

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