Speaker Nancy Pelosi
Nancy PelosiPence confidant helps 24-year-old beat Trump-backed candidate Pelosi refuses to apologize for accusing GOP of 'trying to get away with murder' with police reform bill Democrats block GOP police reform bill amid Senate stalemate MORE (D-Calif.) said Thursday that she believes President Trump
Donald John TrumpTrump rally sparks self quarantine of dozens of Secret Service agents GOP: Trump needs a new plan Trump faces ObamaCare court deadline as political ground shifts MORE would accept the election results if he loses to former Vice President Joe Biden
Joe BidenGOP: Trump needs a new plan Trump distracts from, fuels right-wing violence Biden to accept nomination in Milwaukee amid scaled-back convention MORE in November, but added that Democrats should "be prepared for everything."
Pelosi said that the ideal situation for Democrats would be to win the presidential election by a wide margin that would make it more difficult to contest.
When asked during a live streamed interview with The Washington Post's Robert Costa if she is concerned President Trump will challenge the results of the presidential election and refuse to concede if he loses, Pelosi replied, “No. I don’t think so. But just to be prepared, I would say just win big because he will try to question the certification of this or that."
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"I think that he would respect the results of an election. And even if he didn't, then the henchmen around him would understand that he would have to respect the results of the election," Pelosi continued.
At the same time, Pelosi didn't completely rule out the possibility that Democrats could encounter such a scenario of the incumbent president refusing to leave office.
"I believe that he would understand the office that he holds requires him to step aside. Having said that, be prepared for everything. Hope for the best, be prepared for the worst," Pelosi said.
Biden acknowledged earlier this month during an interview on "The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
Trevor NoahThe Hill's Morning Report - Presented by Facebook - GOP, Dems jockey for position on police reform Democratic fears grow over 2020 voter suppression White House accuses Biden of pushing 'conspiracy theories' with Trump election claim MORE" that he has considered the possibility of Trump refusing to concede. But he said that he is "absolutely convinced" that military officers would "escort him from the White House with great dispatch" if that happened.
A Trump campaign spokesman said at the time that "President Trump has been clear that he will accept the results of the 2020 election."
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Trump has been trailing Biden by double digits in recent polls amid voter disapproval of his handling of the coronavirus pandemic and nationwide protests over police brutality and racial injustice.
Democrats' fears that Trump would sow doubt in the election results have been rooted in the president's sustained criticism of mail-in ballots in recent months.
Trump has repeatedly claimed that mail-in ballots are at risk of fraud, despite scarce evidence. Trump himself also voted by mail in Florida's primary earlier this year.
"RIGGED 2020 ELECTION: MILLIONS OF MAIL-IN BALLOTS WILL BE PRINTED BY FOREIGN COUNTRIES, AND OTHERS. IT WILL BE THE SCANDAL OF OUR TIMES!" Trump tweeted on Monday.
And after Trump won the 2016 election by securing a majority in the Electoral College, despite losing the popular vote to Hillary Clinton
Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonThe Hill's Campaign Report: Progressives feel momentum after primary night Prince Harry and Meghan sign with speaking agency that represents Obamas Trump campaign communications director dismisses poll showing Biden up by 14 points MORE, he claimed without evidence that 3 to 5 million illegal votes had been cast.
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"I won the popular vote if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally," Trump tweeted in late November 2016.
In addition to winning the Electoral College in a landslide, I won the popular vote if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 27, 2016
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