Calls GOP delegate rules “rigged” and says the system is “crooked” after Colorado loss

After Ted Cruz swept Colorado’s unbound delegates at the state convention, Trump complained that the Republican Party’s delegate rules were “rigged” and “crooked,” telling supporters that people were having their votes “taken away from them” and implying that party leaders and opponents were stealing the nomination from him rather than acknowledging his campaign’s failure to organize within the published rules.

"It’s a rigged system. It’s a crooked system. It’s a system that’s designed so that the bosses pick whoever they want." — Early April 2016 remarks after losing Colorado’s delegates to Ted Cruz, as Trump complained about the GOP’s delegate-selection rules and claimed voters were having their votes taken away