votes? >> reporter: you know, the second part of your question is trickier. to the first part, is this something he will continue to emphasize? yeah, i think so. based on his actions just this morning when he tweeted out that "saturday night live" is part of the rigged media conspiracy against him. if his actions over the last 24 hours are any indication, yes, i think when he gets back out on the campaign trail later this week, he is down today but resumes campaigning tomorrow, then i think we will see this message. here is why. because it plays to his base. it rallies his supporters. that is the strategy the trump campaign is deploying, play to the base, get trump supporters riled up. in turn, try to do things that will depress turnout on the democratic side according to one source close to the campaign. that's the strategy with which they are playing at this point. chuck todd talked with mike pence about this earlier this morning. listen to what they had to say. >> governor, you keep saying rigged election. are you concerned that the more you say it the more you actually undermine our democracy