2020 ELECTION: [Reporter: “Win, lose, or draw in this election, will you commit here, today, for a peaceful transferal of power after the election?”]
“Well, we’re going to have to see what happens. You know that. I’ve been complaining very strongly about the ballots. And the ballots are a disaster. And — and —”
[Reporter: “I understand that, but people are rioting. Do you commit to making sure that —“]
“Oh, I know. I know. Yeah, no, we want —”
[Reporter: “— there’s a peaceful transferal of power?”]
“We want to have — get rid of the ballots and you’ll have a very trans- — we’ll have a very peaceful — there won’t be a transfer, frankly; there’ll be a continuation.
The ballots are out of control. You know it. And you know who knows it better than —”
[Reporter: “No, sir. I don’t know that.”]
“— anybody else? The Democrats know it better than anybody else.”
-Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump in Press Briefing,” whitehouse.gov, Sep. 23, 2020