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The Republican nominee said that he believes he won Monday night's debate "even though they gave me a bum mic."

"I go to mics all the time, the mics are working. Here we have the Commission on Presidential Debates, big fancy name, and they give me a bum mic," Trump said Saturday night at a rally in Manheim, Pa.

"How many people in this room maybe think that was done on purpose?" he asked the crowd, which roared in agreement.

Trump could be heard throughout the debate sniffling, which he and his campaign blamed on a defective microphone.

On Friday, the commission released a brief statement that "there were issues regarding Donald Trump's audio that affected the sound level in the debate hall."