Megyn Kelly Calls California Vote Count Delay ‘Ridiculous’ as Ballots Continue to Be Tallied

As California continues tallying votes from the primary elections held earlier this week, Megyn Kelly is questioning why the results are taking so long to finalize.

“This is ridiculous. The only thing that has changed is that the numbers keep getting worse for Republicans,” Kelly, 55, said during the Friday, June 5, episode of her eponymous YouTube show.

“Somehow the number of votes still outstanding to be counted continues to go up,” the conservative commentator claimed. “I guess maybe this is because they keep receiving imaginary new ballots.”

Kelly went on to argue that Republican candidates initially performed well on Election Day on Tuesday, June 2, before their leads began shrinking as additional mail-in ballots were counted.

“We slowly watch their leads evaporate as the massive mail-in vote from more left-leaning districts gets tabulated,” she continued.

The former Fox News host specifically pointed to California’s gubernatorial race and Los Angeles mayoral contest.

Kelly also suggested that voters would have difficulty trusting the results if Republican candidates such as Steve Hilton and Spencer Pratt failed to advance.

“No one is going to trust this outcome if those two are eliminated from the general election, given the leads that we’ve seen,” she added.

Kelly’s thoughts were similar to those of President Donald Trump. As Globe previously reported, the former reality star took to Truth Social to share his thoughts on the California primaries.

“The Dumocrats are at it again!” Trump, 79, wrote in the early morning hours of Thursday, June 4. “They are trying to STEAL THE GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA PRIMARY, AND THE MAYOR OF LOS ANGELES, PRIMARY, AWAY FROM TWO GREAT REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES. Here we go with the very late and massive numbers of MAIL IN BALLOTS.”

While incumbent Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has secured her spot in November’s general election, it remains unclear whom she’ll be facing off against. Right now, according to NBC News, Pratt, 42, is in second place with 29.4 percent of the vote, and Nithya Raman is in third with 23.4 percent.

According to the California Secretary of State, officials have as long as 30 days to finish tabulating ballots. Mail-in votes can still be counted after Election Day as long as they were mailed on or before June 2 and received within seven days.