“I think he believes — what he was saying is it’s gonna be a very close election,” Rep. Jeff Sessions said on Monday. | Getty Sessions: ‘There’s cheating in every election’

Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions is defending Donald Trump’s assertion that Hillary Clinton's campaign will win Pennsylvania only if “they cheat,” suggesting the billionaire has a point because cheating is prevalent in elections.

During a rally in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on Friday, the Republican presidential nominee said the only way he could lose the state “is if cheating goes on” and urged supporters to call law enforcement to look out for potential violations.


“She can’t beat what’s happening here,” Trump declared. “The only way they can beat it in my opinion, and I mean this 100 percent, if in certain sections of the state they cheat.”

Sessions, a top Trump surrogate, told ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday that “too much has been made out of that comment,” adding that cheating takes place in all elections and having poll watchers helps create integrity in the voting system.

“There’s cheating in every election, and every party goes out in advance of the election and they call on poll watchers and those kind of things to make sure that they’re not cheated out of an election, and that just really helps create integrity in the system,” he said.

“I think he believes — what he was saying is it’s gonna be a very close election,” Sessions said. “He believes he’s gonna win Pennsylvania.”