Donald Trump may not accept the results of the presidential election if he loses, but the Republican presidential hopeful said Friday “at least” he will be “happy” with himself.
“I am working hard,” Trump said at an afternoon rally in Fletcher, N.C., his first of three campaign stops on Friday. “I’ve got three [and] on occasion I have four [rallies]. I think I have one rest day when I have two, but these are massive rallies and we’re going to do this for the next 19 days right up until the actual vote of Nov 8.
“Then I don’t know what kind of shape I’m in but at least I will have known win, lose or draw — and I’m almost sure if the people come out we’re going to win — I will be happy with myself,” he said.
“I always say I don’t want to think back, ‘If I did one more rally, I would have won North Carolina by 500 votes instead of losing it by 200 votes,” he said, describing an Election Day possibility. “I never want to say that about myself.”
Less than five minutes later, while urging his supporters to get out and vote, Trump said the crowd: “What a waste of time if we don’t pull this off.”
The GOP nominee refused to pledge during Wednesday’s presidential debate to accept the election outcome no matter the results. He later told voters at a rally on Thursday, “I will totally accept the results of this great and historic presidential election, if I win.”
