President Donald Trump has once again invoked Jesus Christ, this time in his latest erroneous claim that the 2020 election he lost was "rigged." This comes just weeks after the president faced backlash for sharing a social media image depicting him as a Christ-like figure.
Speaking with reporters on Wednesday morning, Trump argued that if the Son of God had been a vote-tallying election official, he would have actually won California. "You have a rigged vote out there. That's the problem," Trump claimed. "You have really rigged votes in California. You have all the mail-in ballots, everything else. Very hard to win because the elections are very dishonest."
"If we had Jesus Christ come down and count the votes, I would have won California, because I do great with Hispanics," he added. Trump made the same mind-boggling claim about California during an August 2024 interview with "Dr. Phil" McGraw.
The president also alleged that California "sent out 38 million votes" but "nobody knows where they're going" before taking a swipe at Democrats. "Of course, the Democrats do, I guess. Disproportionately, Democrats get many more votes. Some get eight votes. They get eight cards. And Republicans have to call in, 'Where's my card?' It's a rigged system."
Trump lost California by wide margins in the 2024 election to Democratic nominee Kamala Harris, the 2020 election to Joe Biden, and the 2016 election to Hillary Clinton. His latest false claims about the rigging of the 2020 election, which have been debunked repeatedly, came after he faced a whirlwind of backlash — including from many of his supporters — for posting the meme that showed him as a Jesus-like figure.
In the since-deleted AI-generated image, Trump appeared in a white robe, his hands glowing, as he seemingly healed a sick man. Trump told reporters at the White House that the meme showed him "as a doctor" and not as Jesus Christ.
