“If I lost the election, I’d go home, start building buildings” – Trump calls 2020 US election rigged

Donald Trump for the first time on Saturday said he would have been OK if he lost the 2020 election fairly as he spoke for nearly two hours to thousands of supporters at an election integrity event in Phoenix.

“I’ve got to tell you, I’ve got to say it. I’ve never said it before, but I’ve always thought it – If I lost the election, I’m OK with that. I’m OK with it. Seriously,” the former president said.

“If we lost the election, we lose an election,” he continued.

“I’ll go home. I’ll start building buildings. I’ll do something. I’ll keep myself busy. But you know what, if we lost the election – we know when we lose.”

The former president, however, said he knows that he didn’t lose and therefore wants an investigation that proves so.

“This election was rigged,” he claimed. “And they know it.”

Trump added: “You know when you win and when you lose.

“If I lost this election, I could handle it pretty easily,” he said.

“When they steal it from you and rig it, that’s not easy and we have to fight. We have no choice. We have to fight.”

He questioned why Democrats – and some Republican defectors – don’t want an audit just to prove that they won fair and square.

The ‘Protect Our Elections’ event was hosted by Turning Point Action, which is a group aimed at de-seating Democratic politicians across the country.

Maricopa County has been at ground zero in the last three months for Trump’s recount efforts.

Trump spoke on Saturday to thousands of his supporters at Arizona Federal Theater, where nearly all seats were occupied, minus a small roped-off section behind the media risers.

He also went through a list of his greatest hits from the last year lamenting the validity and integrity of the 2020 election.

“We won, we really did,” Trump insisted. “Not me, we all won.”

“Everyone here understands the 2020 election was a total disgrace. It was the most corrupt–” he said, but was cut off by cheers and chants from the audience of around 5,000.

“You’re not going to have a future in 22 or 24 if you don’t find out how they cheated with hundreds of thousands, and even millions of votes because you won’t win anything,” Trump said, referencing the next two big election years.

The former president said the event on Saturday is to “show our support for election integrity and the brave and irreverent warriors in the Arizona State Senate.”

The Arizona State Senate, which has a Republican majority, ordered the audit earlier this year.

Trump also spoke about Hunter Biden’s artistic endeavours, claiming selling his pieces are a ‘bribe’ by purchasers to gain favour with President Joe Biden.

“It’s a bribe, it’s disgraceful and the fake news media is talking about it like it’s OK,” he accused.

Hunter has taken up painting, claiming it helps with addiction recovery. He will appear at two different art exhibits in Los Angeles and New York City in the fall, the gallerist revealed, to sell large pieces, which are expected to go for half a piece.

The move was immediately slammed by critics who claim it is a way for buyers to gain undue influence over Hunter and his circle, which obviously includes his father, President Biden.

The White House insists the gallery will handle anything to do with the sale and the buyers will not be disclosed to Huner, the president or others within the administration.

“Could you imagine if my kids did that? Could you imagine?” Trump questioned to a jeering crowd.

“And now they’re justifying, well we want to make it non-transparent,” he said in a mocking tone.

“No actually you should make it transparent, I guess. But actually you shouldn’t make it at all, because it’s a bribe. It’s a bribe. 100 per cent it’s a bribe.”

He then specifically attacked Hunter’s artwork, claiming that people who do portraits in Central Park are better than him – and they get paid way less, he noted.

“You know, you have good painters – for $250 you can have a portrait done in Central Park. Guys with pencils, they do so incredibly. They’re geniuses,” Trump said, then added that, “Hunter Biden’s getting $500,000, It’s a bribe.”

The two opening acts for Trump were Congressmen Paul Gosar and Andy Biggs, who respectively represent Arizona’s 4th and 5th districts in the U.S. House.

Biggs told the crowd that the first marshal informed him the theatre was at maximum capacity. He made fun of President Joe Biden’s CNN town hall in Cincinnati, Ohio last week where about 300 people were in attendance.

He also said Trump could be put back in the office ‘in 2024, if not sooner,’ suggesting that the Arizona efforts will be successful and somehow he will be reinstated as president before the next election.

“Donald Trump will be back in the president’s seat, returning to us the America First agenda,” he assured.

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