The president argued the state’s redistricting push is a “giant scam” shutting out Republicans.
President Donald Trump on Tuesday said California’s redistricting attempts are not only unconstitutional but also part of a statewide process that is “rigged” against Republicans — and that those procedures were under review.
While the president indicated that California’s processes were under review, he did not elaborate on which entities might be taking a look at the state’s rules, which allow any registered voter to vote by mail.
“All ‘Mail-In’ Ballots, where the Republicans in that State are ‘Shut Out,’ is under very serious legal and criminal review,” Trump warned in a Truth Social post. “STAY TUNED!”
Trump on Tuesday argued that Proposition 50 represented just the latest effort to curtail Republicans’ power in the state.
“The Unconstitutional Redistricting Vote in California is a GIANT SCAM in that the entire process, in particular the Voting itself, is RIGGED,” Trump said.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but during a press briefing on Tuesday, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt claimed that fraudulent ballots were being mailed in with names of “illegal aliens who shouldn’t be voting.”
Now, she said, the White House is considering taking unilateral action to ban mail-in voting.
“The White House is working on an executive order to strengthen our elections in this country and to assure that there cannot be blatant fraud as we’ve sees in California with their universal mail-in voting system,” she said. “Like any executive order, of course any executive order the president signs is within his full executive authority and within the confines of the law.”
California voters are casting their ballots Tuesday on Proposition 50, the Democrats’ mid-decade gerrymandering plan that aims to counter Trump’s push to redraw congressional lines in red states ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
Polling shows that more than half of likely voters plan to support the ballot measure. If the proposition passes, Democrats could gain up to five seats in the House of Representatives.
Trump — and other Republicans — have repeatedly campaigned to eliminate mail-in ballots, though Trump successfully sued Bucks County, Pennsylvania, in 2024, with the court finding that voters were wrongly turned away as they stood in line for mail-in ballots.