Trump, Sessions draw heat for 'rigged' election claim

Trump, Sessions draw heat for 'rigged' election claim:

politico:

Donald Trump took fire from across the political spectrum Saturday for his repeated insistence that the election is “rigged.”

“It looks to me like a rigged election,” Trump said at New Hampshire rally on Saturday. “The election is being rigged by corrupt media pushing completely false allegations and outright lies in an effort to elect her president.”

One notable ally, however, backed the Republican nominee. Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions told the crowd in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, “They are attempting to rig this election.”

AshLee Strong, a spokeswoman for House Speaker Paul Ryan, rejected the claims on Saturday.

“Our democracy relies on confidence in election results, and the speaker is fully confident the states will carry out this election with integrity,” she said in a statement.

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