Warns "you'd have riots" if contested convention denies him the nomination

In a March 16, 2016 CNN interview about the possibility of a brokered Republican convention, Trump said that if he arrived with a large delegate lead and party insiders tried to hand the nomination to someone else, "I think you'd have riots," framing mass unrest as a natural reaction and leveraging the threat of his supporters' anger to pressure GOP officials against following their own rules.

"I think you'd have riots. I think you'd have riots." — March 16, 2016 CNN interview about a potential brokered Republican convention, where Trump warned of riots if party leaders denied him the nomination despite a delegate lead