In Thursday’s presidential debate, Donald Trump was asked three times by CNN moderators to say whether he’d accept the election results, regardless of who wins, and he finally sort of gave an answer—but couched it in complaints about fraud.
The first time, Trump went off on a tangent about how he wished Biden was a great president, because he would be “at one of my many places, enjoying myself” and “wouldn’t be under indictment.”
Trump won’t commit to accepting the results of the election regardless of who wins pic.twitter.com/8DXH7M7R7Q
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 28, 2024
The second time, Trump went on and on about Ukraine, claiming that Putin would take the country and accusing Biden of making “stupid decisions.” “Russia would have never attacked” on his watch, Trump claimed, dodging the question yet again.
Trump for a second time refuses to accept the results of the election and changes the topic to Putin, saying, “He’s gonna take Ukraine … Ukraine is not winning that war.” pic.twitter.com/GpaZaCMvRQ
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 28, 2024
The third time, Trump conditioned his answer with concerns about fraud.
“If it’s a fair and legal and good election, absolutely. I would have much rather accepted these — but the fraud and everything else was ridiculous,” Trump said, ridiculously overlooking his supporters’ involvement in attempts to overturn the 2020 results in Georgia, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Michigan, New Mexico, Nevada, Arizona, and elsewhere.
Watch his heavily caveated answer below:
Asked a third time if he’ll accept the election results, Trump again refuses to commit to it without conditions pic.twitter.com/olMyJmm0Y1
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 28, 2024
