Be interesting to see if Trump ever officially concedes defeat & if he can manage to be gracious in doing so. Doubt he even knows the meaning of "gracious".
Be interesting to see if Trump ever officially concedes defeat & if he can manage to be gracious in doing so. Doubt he even knows the meaning of "gracious".
of course he does Tikay Trump has the very best vocabulary he has the best vocabulary the greatest vocabulary ever.
US election 2020: Three viral vote claims fact-checked
Wisconsin did not have more ballots than registered voters
There have been widespread false claims that more people in Wisconsin voted than were registered.
A user tweeted: "BREAKING: Wisconsin has more votes than people who are registered to vote. Total number of registered voters: 3,129,000. Total number of votes cast: 3,239,920. This is direct evidence of fraud."
However, this number of registered voters is outdated - the latest figure as of 1 November is 3,684,726.
That tweet has now been deleted, but people on Facebook and Twitter continue to share a screenshot of the post.
Voter turnout for Wisconsin is significantly higher at this election than in previous years.
The state also allows people to register to vote on election day itself, which means the overall number of registered voters could be even higher than the current reported figure.
Erroneous Michigan vote map A map of voting in Michigan from the election night - which shows a sudden increase of around 130,000 votes for Joe Biden, but none for Mr Trump - has gone viral on social media.
President Trump has tweeted the image, which is raising speculation about voter fraud.
It's commonplace that state authorities will add a big chunk of votes to a tally at once.
But social media users were questioning why Mr Trump didn't have any votes added to his tally in this particular update.
The explanation is simple - it was a data entry error that was later corrected.
Decision Desk, the election monitoring website which created the map, said: "It was a simple error from a file created by the state that we ingested… the state noticed the error and produced an updated count."
The spokesperson added: "This sort of thing can happen on election night and we expect other vote tabulators in Michigan experienced this error and corrected in real-time like we did."
Twitter has added labels to the tweets that raised suspicions, saying: "Some or all of the content shared in this tweet is disputed and might be misleading about an election or other civic process."
Matt Mackowiak, the user whose post was picked up by Mr Trump, has deleted the tweet and apologised - although the image remains widely shared elsewhere.
Matt Mackowiak @MattMackowiak · 4 Nov This tweet was taken and share honestly. I have now learned the MI update referenced was a typo in one county.
In the early hours of Wednesday, the map was propelled by supporters of the pro-Trump conspiracy theory QAnon and to a wider audience by conservative influencers online.
When we contacted Michigan's Bureau of Elections, they said they didn't have a comment on the data discrepancy, but said the results were at this stage "unofficial" and not the final count.
'Sharpie' votes still count in Arizona Another widespread rumour emerged during the count in the battleground state of Arizona.
Tweets alleged there was a scheme to discount votes in pro-Republican parts of the state by distributing Sharpie pens - permanent markers - for people to fill in their ballots.
In one widely circulated video, a woman describes how voting machines supposedly can't read ballots marked with this type of pen.
The person behind the camera says votes aren't being counted and that people are being forced to use Sharpie pens to skew the vote total.
This led to a surge of activity on social media, claims of voter fraud and that large numbers of votes from Trump supporters were being invalidated.
CNN reported that a group of protesters that gathered in Maricopa County in Arizona were "shouting about the sharpie social media misinformation."
But the claims are false.
Maricopa County officials said Sharpies do not invalidate ballots.
The Arizona secretary of state, Katie Hobbs, confirmed on Twitter that if you voted in person "your ballot will be counted, no matter what kind of pen you used (even a Sharpie)!".
Thread See new Tweets Tweet Secretary Katie Hobbs @SecretaryHobbs · 4 Nov IMPORTANT: If you voted a regular ballot in-person, your ballot will be counted, no matter what kind of pen you used (even a Sharpie)! 1/
Ms Hobbs later told CNN "even if the machines can't read them for some reason, a marker bled through to the other side, we have ways to count them. They're going to be counted. There is absolutely no merit to saying that this was some conspiracy to invalidate Republican ballots."
Will Jared or Ivanka tell Trump to go?President's inner circle search for someone brave (or dumb) enough to tell him it's over as he 'prepares to hold a "victory" rally this weekend'
President Donald Trump's team is struggling to decide who will have to tell him he's lost the election as Joe Biden appears on the cusp of securing the White House.
Pictured: Joe Biden with Gerry Adams and IRA chief who tried to kill an Army officer - as former Sinn Fein president says they discussed 'a united Ireland'
Joe Biden seen with his arm is around IRA fugitive Rita O'Hare and Gerry Adams Gerry Adams said he discussed a united Ireland with the former vice-president Biden once said no one in orange was welcome in his house on St Patrick's Day
As Joe Biden inched closer to the White House last night, his own much-trumpeted Irish roots were placed under the spotlight. It came after a photograph emerged in which his arm is around an IRA fugitive (centre) with the pair flanked by Gerry Adams, pictured right; who, in a potentially incendiary claim, said he discussed a united Ireland with the former vice-president. Taken just three years ago, the image sparked warnings from UK politicians that Mr Biden needs to be more cautious about who he associates with when he becomes President.
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President Trump spoke early on Friday about the US election count, making a number of accusations of fraud for which he did not provide evidence.
We've fact-checked some of his claims.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-us-2020-54837926
This is starting to look like a landslide.
Be interesting to see if Trump ever officially concedes defeat & if he can manage to be gracious in doing so. Doubt he even knows the meaning of "gracious".
Wisconsin did not have more ballots than registered voters
There have been widespread false claims that more people in Wisconsin voted than were registered.
A user tweeted: "BREAKING: Wisconsin has more votes than people who are registered to vote. Total number of registered voters: 3,129,000. Total number of votes cast: 3,239,920. This is direct evidence of fraud."
However, this number of registered voters is outdated - the latest figure as of 1 November is 3,684,726.
That tweet has now been deleted, but people on Facebook and Twitter continue to share a screenshot of the post.
Voter turnout for Wisconsin is significantly higher at this election than in previous years.
The state also allows people to register to vote on election day itself, which means the overall number of registered voters could be even higher than the current reported figure.
Erroneous Michigan vote map
A map of voting in Michigan from the election night - which shows a sudden increase of around 130,000 votes for Joe Biden, but none for Mr Trump - has gone viral on social media.
President Trump has tweeted the image, which is raising speculation about voter fraud.
It's commonplace that state authorities will add a big chunk of votes to a tally at once.
But social media users were questioning why Mr Trump didn't have any votes added to his tally in this particular update.
The explanation is simple - it was a data entry error that was later corrected.
Decision Desk, the election monitoring website which created the map, said: "It was a simple error from a file created by the state that we ingested… the state noticed the error and produced an updated count."
The spokesperson added: "This sort of thing can happen on election night and we expect other vote tabulators in Michigan experienced this error and corrected in real-time like we did."
Twitter has added labels to the tweets that raised suspicions, saying: "Some or all of the content shared in this tweet is disputed and might be misleading about an election or other civic process."
Matt Mackowiak, the user whose post was picked up by Mr Trump, has deleted the tweet and apologised - although the image remains widely shared elsewhere.
Matt Mackowiak
@MattMackowiak
·
4 Nov
This tweet was taken and share honestly. I have now learned the MI update referenced was a typo in one county.
In the early hours of Wednesday, the map was propelled by supporters of the pro-Trump conspiracy theory QAnon and to a wider audience by conservative influencers online.
When we contacted Michigan's Bureau of Elections, they said they didn't have a comment on the data discrepancy, but said the results were at this stage "unofficial" and not the final count.
'Sharpie' votes still count in Arizona
Another widespread rumour emerged during the count in the battleground state of Arizona.
Tweets alleged there was a scheme to discount votes in pro-Republican parts of the state by distributing Sharpie pens - permanent markers - for people to fill in their ballots.
In one widely circulated video, a woman describes how voting machines supposedly can't read ballots marked with this type of pen.
The person behind the camera says votes aren't being counted and that people are being forced to use Sharpie pens to skew the vote total.
This led to a surge of activity on social media, claims of voter fraud and that large numbers of votes from Trump supporters were being invalidated.
CNN reported that a group of protesters that gathered in Maricopa County in Arizona were "shouting about the sharpie social media misinformation."
But the claims are false.
Maricopa County officials said Sharpies do not invalidate ballots.
The Arizona secretary of state, Katie Hobbs, confirmed on Twitter that if you voted in person "your ballot will be counted, no matter what kind of pen you used (even a Sharpie)!".
Thread
See new Tweets
Tweet
Secretary Katie Hobbs
@SecretaryHobbs
·
4 Nov
IMPORTANT: If you voted a regular ballot in-person, your ballot will be counted, no matter what kind of pen you used (even a Sharpie)! 1/
Ms Hobbs later told CNN "even if the machines can't read them for some reason, a marker bled through to the other side, we have ways to count them. They're going to be counted. There is absolutely no merit to saying that this was some conspiracy to invalidate Republican ballots."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-us-2020-54811410
https://uk.yahoo.com/news/cnn-anchor-anderson-cooper-calls-080152115.html
Because its forbiden.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/eric-trump-mocked-for-claiming-democrats-are-hacking-fraud-hotline-to-stop-complaints/ar-BB1aMdyL?ocid=msedgntp
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/giuliani-releases-bizarre-video-claiming-fox-news-won-election-for-biden/ar-BB1aM5Q2?ocid=msedgntp
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/newslondon/former-trump-staffer-steve-bannon-banned-from-twitter-after-calling-for-dr-anthony-fauci-to-be-beheaded/ar-BB1aKi9x?ocid=msedgntp
President Donald Trump's team is struggling to decide who will have to tell him he's lost the election as Joe Biden appears on the cusp of securing the White House.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/index.html
Joe Biden seen with his arm is around IRA fugitive Rita O'Hare and Gerry Adams
Gerry Adams said he discussed a united Ireland with the former vice-president
Biden once said no one in orange was welcome in his house on St Patrick's Day
As Joe Biden inched closer to the White House last night, his own much-trumpeted Irish roots were placed under the spotlight. It came after a photograph emerged in which his arm is around an IRA fugitive (centre) with the pair flanked by Gerry Adams, pictured right; who, in a potentially incendiary claim, said he discussed a united Ireland with the former vice-president. Taken just three years ago, the image sparked warnings from UK politicians that Mr Biden needs to be more cautious about who he associates with when he becomes President.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8922741/Picture-Joe-Biden-Gerry-Adams-IRA-chief-tried-kill-Army-officer-emerges.html