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President Donald Trump abruptly ended an interview with NBC News’s Kristen Welker over the weekend after she asked for evidence backing his unsubstantiated claim that there was election fraud in California’s recent primary races.

The interview was filmed on Friday while Trump was traveling to a campaign event in western Wisconsin. It aired on the network’s “Meet the Press” program on Sunday morning.

During the segment, Trump brought up the 2020 presidential election, which he lost to former President Joe Biden and has falsely described as fraudulent ever since. Trump then claimed that “rigged” elections were “happening again right now in California,” referring to the state’s primary elections last Tuesday.

“Where’s the evidence to that?” Welker asked.

A visibly upset Trump responded that there is “tremendous evidence” to back his statement. However, his argument relied only on the fact that it has taken several days for California to finalize the results of its races — a regular occurrence in the state.

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The delay, Trump said, meant it was “a rigged election.”

“That’s how they count the votes in California,” Welker pointed out.

Trump rejected that idea outright. “Do you know why they’re doing that? Because they’re cheating on the election,” Trump said.

Welker once again asked the president for “evidence to support” his claims.

“All I have to do is look,” Trump said.

“But that’s not evidence,” Welker interjected.

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