
President Trump predicted during the first presidential debate with Joe Biden that Democrats would attempt to rig the election in strongholds like Philadelphia.
During the September debate in Cleveland, moderator Chris Wallace pressed if Trump would accept the election results.
Trump pointed out that Republican poll watchers were already being ejected from polling places in Philadelphia, and urged his supporters to watch the polls “very carefully.”
“I hope it’s going to be a fair election. If it’s a fair election, I’m 100% on board. But if I see tens of thousands of ballots being manipulated, I can’t go along with that.”
Wallace interrupted, asking if that means he would order his supporters “out into the streets.”
“It means you have a fraudulent election. You’re sending out 80 million ballots, they’re not equipped to handle it, number one.”
“Number two, they cheat. They cheat,” Trump added.
Meanwhile, when Wallace asked Biden if he would except the results after the states have been “independently certified,” Biden replied, “Yes.”
That was a lie — Biden declared victory before a single state was certified.
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