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LAS VEGAS, Oct. 20 (UPI) -- Donald Trump's campaign manager said Thursday that Trump will accept the results of the election, once they are "known, certified and verified." The remark by Kellyanne Conway came the morning after Trump refused to say in Wednesday's debate whether he would accept the results of the election and concede to Hillary Clinton, should he lose.
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"I will look at it at the time," Trump had said, going on to rail against the American media, calling it "dishonest" and "corrupt" and pointing to the rolls of registered voters that are maintained by the states and counties.
"If you look at your voter rolls you will see millions of people that are registered to vote, millions -- this isn't coming from me, this is coming from Pew report and other places -- millions of people that are registered to vote that shouldn't be registered to vote," he said.
"I will tell you at the time," Trump said when pressed again by moderator Chris Wallace of Fox News to say whether he would accept the results of the election. "I'll keep you in suspense."
Clinton responded, calling Trump's non-committal "horrifying."
Trump addressed the matter again Thursday at a rally in Ohio, saying he would accept the election results unconditionally -- if he's declared the victor.
"I would like to promise and pledge to all of my voters and supporters and to all of the people of the United States that I will totally accept the results of this great and historic presidential election, if I win," he said.
Trump's position on the question changed from the first debate, when both candidates were asked whether they would accept the outcome on Election Day. Trump said he "absolutely" would support Clinton and concede the election if he lost.
Speaking to ABC News on Thursday, Conway said Trump will respect the "democratic process."
"He's saying that until the results are actually known, certified and verified, he's not going to concede an election," Conway said. "He just doesn't know what will happen.
"I think that if you look at his first statement and this one taken together, you see somebody who's willing to accept the election absent widespread fraud."
