Trump at today's rally: "the election will be rigged" and "if I don't win in a landslide..."

[Native]

already setting the stage.

[Kber]

1. Yes but setting the stage for what?

Easing his bruised ego or armed insurrection? Could be either.

[NewJeffCT]

5. He'll bluster about lawsuits and suing everybody under the sun

and beating people up, but nothing will come out of it...

[GoCubsGo]

8. It's likely both. n/t

[MichiganVote]

14. More attention seeking=more media attention. He counts on it and they give in to him.

[Native]

20. Setting the stage for losing.

If he loses, then it can only be because the election was rigged.

[underpants]

2. Oh brother

His bubble is convinced he's doing GREAT!

[chillfactor]

3. there is no way....

t-rump would ever win the election in a landslide....he will be dumped on instead and...of course...blame it on a rigged election.

[NewJeffCT]

4. If he thinks it's rigged

his supporters should stay home and go back to their mommy's basements.

[mcar]

6. He will sue

Every state, the DNC, CNN, whoever he can think of.

[NurseJackie]

7. Yep ... I've seen this type of behavior before.

[Kber]

9. So have I

But my kids grew out of it by their 3rd birthdays.

[volstork]

12. LOL!

Thanks for that!

[Staph]

10. This kind of speech worries me.

Some of his supporters are so unhinged, that I'm afraid they will believe him, and attempt to take drastic action when he loses so lopsidedly. They may try to go after Hillary or other government officials that "stole the election from Trump"!

[hamsterjill]

16. I agree, but we can do nothing to stop them.

I'm damn sure not going to just hand them the election because Trump has threatened something.

If his supporters do something illegal, then they will have to be dealt with via legal means. The idea that his supporters cannot understand reason is a very real and legitimate concern. So they may have to understand force if they break the law.

I hope and pray it does not ever come to that, but I think we all would concede that this is a possibility because of the mentality of some of the die-hard Trump supporters who have been beaten into an absolute frenzy over him.

[Andy823]

18. Exactly.

He kept using this same tactic during the primary, suggesting things would get violent if he did not win the primaries, and it pretty much prevented republicans from getting rid of him. Now he thinks he can play the same game, but he is wrong.

[bluestateguy]

11. I can see right now how election night will play out if he loses

He'll make no concession call to Hillary. He may or may not take the stage at all; if he does, it will be an angry rant about a "rigged" election and a rambling vow to fight on.

Just watch.

[volstork]

13. I'll bet money

that you are correct

[bettyellen]

17. She'd be the first candidate to go through that shit twice. Ugh.

[Cursive]

19. I would be surprised if he did the right thing.

I'm taking a vacation day on Election Day, but I might need to take the next day off as well to stay up late and watch him concede. Hell, might need to take the whole week off.

[TheProgressive]

15. Well, generally speaking, American elections are rigged...

Voter suppression via a plethora of means...

Exit polls not matching 'tabulated' results.

Supreme Court picking the 'winner'.

Voting (vote stealing) machines.

[Native]

21. Btw, at 5 p.m. MSNBC's intro to their coverage of the rally was exactly this assertion of his.