“I didn’t threaten violence if I lose, I merely anticipate that other people would be violent”
This is a clever child’s logic for lawyering their way out of trouble for a threat they made. No one is under any obligation to take any of this seriously. But the prevailing preference is to pretend that the most generous interpretation of his words is the correct one, and that people really can just spend a few moments in November voting and then bear no subsequent cost.