Republican front-runner Donald Trump said on Wednesday that ‘riots’ could break out in the United States if he is denied the presidential nomination, despite having won most of the party’s primaries and caucuses.
In an interview with CNN, Trump said, “We’re way ahead of everybody. I don’t think you can say that we don’t get it automatically. I think you would have riots. You know, I’m representing many, many millions of people.”
Trump has, so far, dominated the 2016 presidential campaign with his peculiar style and unexpectedly strong popularity with the masses.
The billionaire businessman says many of his supporters are already seething about what they perceive as a political and economic system that is rigged against them.
“These are people who haven’t voted, because they didn’t believe in the system, or didn’t like candidates. They are 40, 50, and 60 years old and never voted. Many Democrats and many independents (are) coming in,” he said.
But while Trump is the frontrunner for the nomination, political observers believe he may fall short of the 1,237 delegates needed for an outright win.
“Now, if you disenfranchise those people and say, ‘I’m sorry, you’re 100 votes short, even though the next one is 500 votes short, I think you would see problems like you’ve never seen before. I think bad things would happen. I really do,” he told CNN.
“I wouldn’t lead it, but I think bad things would happen,” Trump said.
