Donald Trump Donald John TrumpBubba Wallace to be driver of Michael Jordan, Denny Hamlin NASCAR team Graham: GOP will confirm Trump's Supreme Court nominee before the election Southwest Airlines, unions call for six-month extension of government aid MORE on Thursday said that the first presidential debate of 2016 against Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonJoe Biden looks to expand election battleground into Trump country Biden leads Trump by 12 points among Catholic voters: poll The Hill's Campaign Report: Biden goes on offense MORE was "a rigged deal."



During a campaign event in New Hampshire, Trump, the Republican nominee, said he had to fight with moderator Lester Holt on "everything I said."

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"Then I had to put up with the anchor and fight the anchor on everything I said. What a rigged deal, I tell you, we are in such a rigged syst — it is terrible. What's going on in this country is so sad. But it will change. Remember Nov. 8th."

He also touted the nonscientific online polls that showed him as the victor of Monday's debate.

The majority of scientific post-debate polls and focus group studies found that Clinton won the contest. The Democratic nominee has also gotten a slight bump in the polls.

Trump previously warned that the election could be rigged and said that he'll only lose Pennsylvania, a key battleground state, "if cheating goes on." He also asserted that the presidential debates were rigged because two of the three contests were scheduled at the same time as NFL games.

said Trump has changed his tune on Holt since after the debate, when he initiallythe anchor did a “great job” and asked questions that “were very fair.”