Trump: ‘I’m Afraid’ The General Election’s ‘Gonna Be Rigged’

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At a Monday campaign event in Columbus, Ohio, Donald Trump teed up for a potential challenge to the integrity of the fall general election, an escalation of his rhetoric about the “rigged” primary system.

“I’m afraid the election’s gonna be rigged, I have to be honest,” Trump told the crowd.

While Trump has often questioned the integrity of the primary contests in both parties, his newest remarks seemed to begin laying groundwork for him to contest the Nov. 8 election results.

It was a line of attack that longtime Trump adviser Roger Stone pushed on a podcast with Breitbart’s Milo Yiannopoulos that was posted online Friday. Stone suggested voter fraud is “widespread” and said if Hillary Clinton wins a state like Florida after polls show Trump in the lead, the election would be “illegitimate.”

“If there’s voter fraud, this election will be illegitimate, the election of the winner will be illegitimate, we will have a constitutional crisis, widespread civil disobedience, and the government will no longer be the government,” Stone said. He also promised a “bloodbath” if the Democrats attempt to “steal” the election.

Voter fraud is so statistically rare as to be virtually nonexistent, data has shown.

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  1. Avatar for zsak zsak says:

    It starts, the disparagement.

  2. Of course you do, because it’s starting to look incredibly likely you’ll lose. It can’t possibly be because you’re a hate-mongering, bigoted, misogynist, and scammer .No it’s because there is a conspiracy against you. I have never wanted another human being to fail and be humiliated so much in my life. It goes against everything I believe in, but honestly I would want to kick him if he was already on the ground.

  3. Avatar for sjk sjk says:

    Clear and present danger.

  4. “I’m afraid the election’s gonna be rigged, I have to be honest,” Trump told the crowd.

    If at first you don’t succeed, then redefine “success”.

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