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Disgraced former California Rep. Katie Hill; President Donald Trump (AP; Getty Images)<\/p><\/div>\n
President Trump blasted California\u2019s \u201crigged election\u201d in a string of tweets supporting Republican Mike Garcia, who could flip the district formerly held by disgraced Rep. Katie Hill back into the GOP\u2019s column in a special election on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Democrats, who fought like crazy to get all mail in only ballots, and succeeded, have just opened a voting booth in the most Democrat area in the State,\u201d Trump\u00a0complained Saturday<\/a>. \u201cThey are trying to steal another election\u2026SCAM!\u201d<\/p>\n The tweet came in reaction to news that Los Angeles County had\u00a0added a last-minute polling place<\/a>\u00a0in a Democrat-heavy area \u2014 even though Gov. Gavin Newsom has restricted the contest to mostly mail-in balloting in response to the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n Early returns show the election trending Garcia\u2019s way, Politico reported Friday. About 44 percent of the ballots that have been received came from Republican voters, with just 36 percent coming from Democrats in the district.<\/p>\n Hill flipped California\u2019s 25th district, a Republican stronghold for decades, in 2018\u2019s \u201cblue wave\u201d election that swept the Democrats into power in the House of Representatives. But she was\u00a0forced out in October<\/a>\u00a0when scandalous photos revealed her \u201cthrouple\u201d relationship with her husband and a younger female staffer.<\/p>\n If Garcia \u2014 a former Navy fighter pilot who won Trump\u2019s endorsement last month \u2014 can turn the tables in the Southern California district, it will be the first time in two decades that the GOP has regained a congressional seat from the Democratic Party.<\/p>\n Newsom announced Friday that California will\u00a0mail ballots to all of the state<\/a>\u2018s 20 million voters for November\u2019s presidential election \u2014 despite sharp criticism from Republicans.<\/p>\n