Trump seems less convinced by his claims about the Harris AI crowd

After falsely claiming that images of Vice President Kamala Harris' supporters at an Aug. 7 rally were artificially generated, Donald Trump reversed himself on the issue to a reporter on Wednesday, telling her he “can't say” what or who was there.

After Trump cast his vote in Florida at the start of the primary, he was asked about his debunked claims that cast doubt on the large crowds Harris had spoken to during her recent campaign appearances in swing states such as Michigan, Wisconsin and Arizona.

“They said the crowds at Harris were artificial and there were no people there. There is all kinds of video evidence and people who were there that proved otherwise,” CNN's Kate Sullivan began, referring to Trump's argument that “nobody” was at Harris' rally in Detroit and that she “artificially created” it. According to Harris' campaign, 10,000 people were in attendance.

Trump chose not to repeat his unsubstantiated claim.

“Well, I can't say what was there, who was there. I can only tell you about ours,” he said, before focusing again on the size of his own crowds – a strategy some in the GOP don't see as likely to succeed. “We have crowds that no one has ever seen before.”

Some Democrats point out that Trump's claim that people should ignore what is clearly evident is an allegation that he is encouraging his supporters to deny the outcome of the upcoming election if they lose.

“If you can convince your supporters that the thousands of people who attended a televised rally don't exist, it won't be hard to convince them that the election results in Pennsylvania, Michigan and elsewhere are 'fake' and 'fraudulent,'” Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders wrote in a statement on Tuesday.