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On 07 Mar 2024, But Trump <lol@elections.com> posted some news:usc09j$247km$1@paganini.bofh.team:

Katie Porter suggests billionaires rigged California Senate primary
after losing to Adam Schiff

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/katie-porter-suggests-billionaires- rigged-california-senate-primary-after-losing-adam-schiff

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Senate candidate Katie Porter, D-Calif., on Wednesday suggested that the California primary race was rigged by "an onslaught of billionaires" after losing to her Democratic opponent, Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif.

The progressive Democrat did not win a single county, earning a statewide
total of just under 14%. She finished nearly twenty points behind both
Schiff and Republican candidate Steve Garvey and came in third place in
Orange County, which she has represented since 2019.

In a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, Porter said her supporters "had
the establishment running scared – withstanding 3 to 1 in TV spending and
an onslaught of billionaires spending millions to rig this election."

She said the results demonstrated that Californians were "hungry for
leaders who break the mold, can't be bought, and push for accountability
in government and across our economy."

"Special interests like politics as it is today because they control the politicians," she said. "As we’ve seen in this campaign, they spend
millions to defeat someone who will dilute their influence and disrupt the status quo."

Former President Trump was frequently criticized for throwing around the
word "rigged" after losing the 2020 presidential election to President
Biden.

Fox News Digital has reached out to the campaign offices of Porter and
Schiff for additional comment. Garvey declined to respond. Porter herself
has received millions of dollars from big donors to boost her campaign,
despite touting her record of not accepting corporate PAC money.

She has reportedly accepted thousands of dollars in donations from big
Wall Street donors, according to federal campaign finance disclosures.

California, in which Republicans are outnumbered by registered Democrats
by about 2-to-1, puts all candidates, regardless of party, on the same
primary ballot and the two who get the most votes advance to the general election. A Republican hasn't won a statewide race for any office in
California since 2006."

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