Pence: Media trying to ‘rig’ election for Clinton He also warned of voter fraud and called on supporters to watch polling places.

MASON, Ohio — The national news media is attempting to rig the presidential election, Mike Pence told a crowd here Monday, a line similar to Donald Trump’s claims that the election may be stolen away from the GOP nominee.

"I have no doubt the national media is trying to rig this election with their biased coverage in Hillary Clinton’s favor,” said Pence, Trump’s running mate.


Pence also said he was concerned about voter fraud, calling on the attendees to volunteer at local polling places onElection Day to “respectfully” ensure no fraud takes place.

“Voter fraud cannot be tolerated by anyone in this nation,” the Indiana governor said.

The statements came after a speech in which Pence repeatedly said the national media is working on behalf of Clinton’s campaign. As Trump’s poll numbers have declined in the wake of a tape of him bragging about sexual assault, the GOP nominee has increasingly warned of a conspiracy involving the media and widespread voter fraud.

There is no evidence of widespread voter fraud in the United States presidential election.

Pence had said as recently as this weekend that Trump’s warnings of a rigged election referred only to media bias, but Trump shot down that interpretation.

“The election is absolutely being rigged by the dishonest and distorted media pushing Crooked Hillary — but also at many polling places — SAD,” Trump tweeted on Sunday.

Trump took to Twitter Monday morning to not only warn of fraud, but also to call those pushing back on his claims as “naïve.”

“Of course there is large scale voter fraud happening on and before election day. Why do Republican leaders deny what is going on? So naive!” he tweeted.

Pence told the crowd that if they are not volunteering to watch polling places on Election Day, “then you haven’t yet done all that you can do.”