Donald Trump has launched into another litany of baseless claims that the US presidential election was stolen from him at his first post-poll rally, telling the crowd he would still end up winning.
"We're winning this election," Mr Trump said to supporters in Valdosta, Georgia, adding later that "we will still win it".
"It's rigged. It's a fixed deal," he said of President-elect Joe Biden's victory. "The swing states that we're all fighting over now, I won them all by a lot," Trump said, falsely.
"I have to say, if I lost, I'd be a very gracious loser. If I lost, I would say, I lost, and I'd go to Florida and I'd take it easy .... but you can't ever accept when they steal and rig and rob."
The former reality show star was campaigning in Georgia on behalf of two Republican Senate candidates facing a hugely important runoff on 5 January. The vote will decide which party controls the US Senate.
Despite surging cases of Covid-19 nationwide in the US, few masks could be seen at the rally and many in the crowd were not abiding by social-distancing measures.
Mr Trump was joined by first lady Melania Trump, who gave a short speech before he spoke.
"The voters of Georgia will determine which party runs every committee, writes every piece of legislation, controls every single taxpayer dollar," Mr Trump said.
"Very simply, you will decide whether your children will grow up in a socialist country or whether they will grow up in a free country."
There had been concerns from some Republicans over whether Mr Trump's continuing claims of fraud would drive down voter turnout among Republicans in the upcoming election, making his appearance somewhat of a gamble.
President Trump made clear he was neither ready to concede to Mr Biden nor give up on his baseless claims of fraud dismissed by a long line of courts.
Mr Biden won Georgia by just under 12,000 votes, becoming the first Democratic presidential candidate since Bill Clinton in 1992 to win the Republican stronghold.
