Has RealClearPolitics ‘Rescinded’ Pennsylvania and ‘Uncalled’ the Race?
One site got a lot of attention after it allegedly “rescinded” Pennsylvania and “uncalled” the 2020 election.
One site got a lot of attention after it allegedly “rescinded” Pennsylvania and “uncalled” the 2020 election.
A college Republican group is claiming that three countries have sent operatives into the United States.
The Daily Wire published, then deleted an article claiming Mitt Romney was asked to lead Health and Human Services for the Biden administration, a claim originating with a “satirical” website.
After “watermarked ballots” (and many other rumors) failed to materialize, conspiracy theorists pivoted to claims that something known as “Benford’s Law” proved that votes for Joe Biden were inauthentic.
On November 6 2020, wild rumors highlighted two-day-old news about a tabulation error in Antrim County, Michigan as “proof” that Democrats were trying to steal the election, which had long since been identified and corrected.
Popular posts purportedly used unrelated or decontextualized images to make baseless claims about “election fraud” by way of discarded ballots.
As election workers continued to count votes, yet another baseless conspiracy theory — this one about “watermarked ballots” and election fraud — appeared and was circulated by the usual grifters and disinformation purveyors.
A Twitter user trying to gin up a controversy couldn’t even get the state right.
“Sharpie ballots” in Arizona became an intense focus on social media amid false claims poll workers distributed Sharpie markers and caused spoiled ballots.
The account has already posted incorrect information about electoral college votes and states that have been definitively called — even before polls closed throughout much of the United States.