“Billionaires “rigged” the California Senate primary election through “dishonest means.”
Katie Porter
California Senate candidate. a post on X. Claim dated 7 Mar 2024.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
Outside funding for ads is legal and does not predetermine a result. Voters were free to vote as they wished.Rigging typically refers to things such as vote buying, ballot box stuffing or tampering with voting machines.
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In short
Katie Porter (California Senate candidate) made this claim around 7 March 2024. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 8 March 2024, 1 day later. Its rating was “False”.
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