The votes are still being counted and the results are unofficial, but former Vice President Joe Biden already has surpassed former President Barack Obama’s record of 69.4 million votes in 2008. But conservative personalities on social media falsely dismiss that achievement as “a damn lie.”
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Trump Tweets Flagged by Twitter for Misinformation
Pennsylvania TV Newscast Graphic Wasn’t Evidence of Voter Fraud
Bogus QAnon Claim that Mail-In Ballots Are Illegitimate
All Congressional Races Aren’t Decided Yet
Trump Misleadingly Claims That Ballot Count Was ‘Called Off’
Trump’s Falsehood-Filled Speech on the Election
Overblown Claims of ‘Bad Things’ at Philly Polls
A story circulating on social media deceptively claims “Bad Things Are Happening in PA.” It overstates the significance of a video that shows a Republican poll watcher being denied access to a Philadelphia polling place on Election Day, and it falsely claims that there was an illegal political sign at another city location.