Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump warned Wednesday that his supporters might riot if the GOP tried to steal the nomination away from him at the Republican National Convention in July.

Trump, who won at least three states on Tuesday, told CNN that if he falls just short of the delegates he needs to clinch the nomination, he should be seen as the winner anyway, and that any other decision could lead to violence.

“I think we’ll win before getting to the convention, but I can tell you, if we didn’t and if we’re 20 votes short or if we’re, you know, 100 short and we’re at 1,100 and somebody else is at 500 or 400, because we’re way ahead of everybody, I don’t think you can say that we don’t get it automatically. I think you would have riots,” Trump said. “I think you would have riots.”

Trump pointed out that he has brought out “millions” of voters to the polls, many of whom haven’t voted in the past, including Democrats and independents. He added that most of his supporters have “never believed in the system,” and warned again that “bad things would happen” if he lost the nod at the convention.

“The really big story is how many people are voting in these primaries. The numbers are astronomical,” Trump said. “Now, if you disenfranchise those people and you say, ‘well I’m sorry, but you’re 100 votes short,’ even though the next one is 500 votes short, I think you would see problems like you’ve never seen before. I think bad things would happen. I really do. I believe that. I wouldn’t lead it, but I think bad things would happen.”

Trump said he hopes there’s a “healing process” between him and some of his vocal opponents within the party that will avoid the need for a contested convention.

“I think there’s a natural healing process. Once the battle is over, once the war is over, I think there really is a natural healing process and I’ve gotten along with people all my life,” Trump said. “This is actually a little bit unusual. I’ve gotten along very well with people, and I think it will happen again, and I believe it will. If it doesn’t, it doesn’t. I’ll go along the same path, which has obviously been an effective path.”

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