Hi, everyone. It is 4 o'clock here in Washington, D.C. I'm Alicia Menendez, in for Nicole Wallace.

Donald Trump lost it on national television this weekend and proved to anyone watching that he has absolutely no way to defend his big, ugly lie. You know,

the one he returns to any time he's faced with a question that he can't answer. Before storming

off an interview with NBC's Meet the Press, a combat of Donald Trump was unable to answer

questions about the war in Iran, the war he started, or the dire economic conditions

American farmers are facing due to his tariffs, or whether his deeply unpopular $1.8 billion

slush fund is, in fact, dead. Instead, he retreated to familiar territory, lies about the 2020

election and the integrity of America's

election systems writ large, pulling out the January 6th playbook to cast doubts on the results

of Los Angeles mayoral primary. Trump is trying to spin California's standard lengthy ballot

counting timeline to cast doubts on the integrity of the vote. As a reality TV star, he endorsed,

appears unlikely to make it to the runoff,

giving us an alarming preview of what we can expect

come November's midterms in the process.

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They sent people to jail who did nothing wrong.

Just to be very clear,

there's no evidence of what you're saying. But let me ask you about Todd Blanche. Listen to me. Listen to me. Let's talk about Todd Blanche. There's tremendous evidence. There's nothing but evidence. The election was rigged. It was a dirty election. And it's happening again right now in California. It's happening right now in California. Right right now it's looking look at what's happening

where's the evidence to that it's four days in california it's no they're not there they're dropping fast

because it's a rigged election let me tell you it's four days and they aren't even close to coming up

you know why they're doing that because they're cheating on them. That's how they cast the votes in California.

Because they're cheating on the election. Do you have evidence to support that? All I have to do is look. All I have to do is look. That's not evidence. And I listen to people and let's see what happens. But sir, that's not evidence. Do you think it's appropriate that they count the votes in California? I don't think it's appropriate that they have an election and five days later they're nowhere close to picking the local officials acknowledge they are slow. They're urging. No, they're crooked. They're urging the votes to be counted quickly. That's how they vote in California. They're crooked. Just like you're crooked. Your press is crooked and meet the press is crooked. To be fair, I'm not crooked. But let's continue. Well, you play right into their hands in.

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