The leftists think 2000 was stolen, so he could be pandering to them. This is a nothing burger.
All elections where a Republican wins is “stolen” in the eyes of the far left Democrats. They are so superior to everyone else that they cannot loose to a knuckle dragging deplorable Neanderthal Conservative in fly over country who cling to Bibles and guns. If you don’t totally agree with the far left Communist Democrats, then you are an extremist.