LA Is Bluer Than Trump — Or Democrats — Realized: Erika D. Smith

President Donald Trump is nothing if not consistent when it comes to election results he doesn’t like. And so it has been with California: When the Republican running for Los Angeles mayor failed to advance in last week’s primary, Trump doubled down on baseless conspiracy theories about mail-in ballots.

“Not possible for Spencer Pratt to have lost the L.A. runoffs after the big lead he had,” Trump wrote on Truth Social earlier this week. “3rd World Nation. Rigged Elections!”

Trump is wrong for many reasons, not the least of which is that he’s mischaracterizing how California’s (yes, agonizingly slow ...