Expert flags 'great irony' behind Mike Johnson's 'illogical' rigged election claims

An election expert exposed the "great irony" behind Speaker Mike Johnson's claims that the recent California primary elections were "rigged" in a new podcast interview.

Stephen Richer, a fellow at the Cato Institute, told Adam Klasfeld of All Rise News on Wednesday that Johnson's claim that election fraud exists "so far upstream that it's hard to prove" shows how illogical the GOP's argument about election fraud is. Several of the party's top officials, including President Donald Trump himself, have said Republican candidate Spencer Pratt was cheated in the election because Democratic candidate Nithya Raman leapfrogged Spencer late in the race due to mail-in ballots. However, the officials have not provided any evidence of fraud.

"While we might dislike the way that California administers its elections, and while we might be impatient for the final results, and while we might wish that the media networks could call the election on election night, none of that is evidence of irregularity," Richer said.

Instead, Richer noted that Johnson's claim about election fraud being hard to prove was a veiled suggestion that everyone in California is "completely incompetent."

"So, this is very frustrating. This is very illogical, and of course, this is bad actors taking advantage of a California system that I believe should be changed, but again, is not fraudulent," Richer said.