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Donald Trump is seemingly setting the stage to contest a potential loss in November by blustering about the election’s legitimacy and portraying the other party as a bunch of “cheaters” on the campaign trail.
Ranting loudly and incoherently about stolen elections is not a new tactic for the former president—famously, he did it so much in 2020 that it triggered an attempted insurrection by his supporters. Nor has it been absent from the 2024 campaign trail, with Trump repeatedly refusing to commit to accepting the election result.
“If we don’t win, you know, it depends,” he replied when prodded by Time in April. “It always depends on the fairness of the election.”
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