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Kristen Welker’s Delusional Defense Of Brazen California Election Is Why Everyone Hates The Media

California’s own election rules raise skepticism by design.

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Socialist Los Angeles City Councilwoman Nithya Raman appeared to concede defeat Tuesday night after it looked like Spencer Pratt would advance to the November runoff election against incumbent Mayor Karen Bass. But then votes kept pouring in days after the Tuesday election, and by Sunday evening, Raman had taken the lead over Pratt.

The 180-degree-turn has left many scratching their heads: How does a candidate who was down by roughly 40,000 votes suddenly jump to second place after she herself publicly signaled her path to victory had all but disappeared? (Raman currently leads Pratt by more than 20,000 votes, after post-election ballot dumps have gone overwhelmingly in her favor.)

For NBC’s Meet the Press host Kristen Welker, however, questions about such outcomes are apparently evidence of nothing more than public ignorance. During a Sunday interview, President Donald Trump said the 2020 election was “rigged” (and he’s right — but more on that later) and that the same rigging is happening in California.

“Where’s the evidence to that?” Welker asked, repeatedly claiming the days-long vote counting is just how California does elections. But in Welker’s eager dismissal she glossed over some glaring flaws in California’s electoral system that raise the concerns of any American capable of critical thinking.

As of Sunday, Raman had seen a swing of roughly 43,000 votes since election night. Pratt questioned the ballot dump on X: “43,000, huh? Where have I seen that number before…?........

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