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  • 2020-11-05 (xsd:date)
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  • Did Trump Supporters Chant 'Count That Vote' and 'Stop the Count?' (en)
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  • On the evening of Nov. 4, 2020, as election totals showed U.S. President Donald Trump trailing his opponent, Democratic candidate Joe Biden, two converging theories emerged to explain the turn of events: Too many votes were being counted (an argument that appeared to be based on unfounded accusations of voter fraud), or not enough votes were being counted (an argument apparently based on a debunked conspiracy theory about ballots being unfairly thrown out). On social media, a video went viral that showed Trump supporters chanting count that vote in one instance and contradictory stop the vote in another. Both of these videos are real. The video on the left was taken outside of Maricopa, County, Arizona, and shows a group of Trump supporters chanting count the vote. The Washington Post reported that more than 100 protesters wearing MAGA hats and draped in Trump 2020 banners congregated outside a ballot-processing center to protest the election. The crowd appeared to be driven by the debunked claim that ballots marked with Sharpies were being discounted and chanted count the votes while demanding to be let into the facility: As we reported earlier, ballots marked with Sharpies are being counted. The video on the right shows a similar protest in Detroit, Michigan. At that protest, people were upset that too many votes were being counted. Early vote totals showed Trump securing the lead in Michigan, but the results started to swing in Biden's favor as mail-in ballots started being counted, a trend that was common across many states. This led to unfounded accusations of fraud, and chants of stop the vote and stop the count. PBS reported: The 2020 presidential election has been bombarded with misinformation. You can keep up with the latest rumors here on our live blog. (en)
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