Trump: The general election will be 'rigged'

Donald Trump empathized with Bernie Sanders supporters on Monday, saying the Vermont senator lost the Democratic primary because the election was rigged, and said he feared the general election would be rigged as well.

“First of all, it’s rigged and I’m afraid the election is going to be rigged, to be honest. I have to be honest because I think my side was rigged,” Trump said at a campaign event in Columbus, Ohio.


The Republican nominee also said Hillary Clinton's campaign had a "hard time putting Bernie away."

"Remember this, I had 17 people. I wasn’t running against two people, I had 17 people. Hillary Clinton, I had a similar number to Hillary Clinton and she had Bernie, and she had a hard time putting Bernie way," Trump said. “And Bernie, poor Bernie, he looked so upset. You know what? He made a mistake, he shouldn’t have made a deal. Sometimes-- he lost, he lost.”