Sen. Jeff Sessions Jefferson (Jeff) Beauregard SessionsGOP set to release controversial Biden report Trump's policies on refugees are as simple as ABCs Ocasio-Cortez, Velázquez call for convention to decide Puerto Rico status MORE (R-Ala.), a Donald Trump Donald John TrumpBiden leads Trump by 36 points nationally among Latinos: poll Trump dismisses climate change role in fires, says Newsom needs to manage forest better Jimmy Kimmel hits Trump for rallies while hosting Emmy Awards MORE supporter, early Sunday defended the Republican presidential nominee’s statement that he’ll only lose in Pennsylvania if “cheating goes on.”

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

Trump said Friday that only voter fraud could prevent him from winning the swing state of Pennsylvania in the general election this November.

"The only way we can lose, in my opinion — I really mean this — Pennsylvania, is if cheating goes on. I really believe it," he said during a rally in Altoona, Pa.

Trump said law enforcement and his supporters have to be on the lookout for voter fraud to keep Trump from getting "cheated out of a win."

Sessions said Sunday that he thinks “too much has been made out of” Trump’s comment.

“What he was saying is, ‘It’s going to be a very close election.’ He believes he’s going to win Pennsylvania."