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in General Factchecking by Innovator (57.6k points)
Democrats cheated in 2020, and Donald Trump should now be finishing his presidency.
by Newbie (230 points)
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You are wrong. You claim that the democrats cheated in the 2020 election, I would have loved some information to backup your claim. According to CNN Joe Biden lead the polls with a whopping 306 electoral votes and trump only having 232. The source you listed is clearly bias towards one party and gives no real facts about the 2020 election. Feel free to check out this CNN website for real facts about the 2020 election! https://www.cnn.com/election/2020/results/president

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by Apprentice (1.1k points)
The post is flat out wrong. It claims that Democrats cheated and stole the 2020 Presidential election from Donald Trump. There is no basis for any of these claims as claims of wide spread voter fraud -- peddled by many of Trump's closest allies including Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, and others -- were found to be baseless. Numerous judges, even Trump appointed ones, struck down Trump's legal team's lawsuits and filings claiming fraud in swing states. Further, the AP -- in 2020 -- cited many election officials to whom stated the election being "the most secure in American history." (AP News).

Additionally, the account responsible for the post has put up multiple posts mocking Democrats and putting up memes with homophobic and/or transphobic messaging. The user clearly has strong right wing bias and favors Trump and the Republican party. At a minimum, the user's post should be taken as exaggerated and misleading as it is heavily based in bias, if not considered false altogether.

Links:

https://apnews.com/article/top-officials-elections-most-secure-66f9361084ccbc461e3bbf42861057a5

https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-pennsylvania-elections-us-supreme-court-5cc6aee8c328c7bb1d423244b979bcec
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by Novice (640 points)
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This is an amazing fact check. I like how you not only cited your sources but you when in depth and explained why this claim is just straight up wrong.
by Novice (600 points)
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The claim that Trump won the 2020 election is entirely blasphemous. You do a phenomenal job with this fact check. You can use facts and reputable sources to help you out. How you referenced the posts that he makes is also a great point and something that needs to be taken into account when talking about this topic.
by (140 points)
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Your response to this claim is done quite admirably. Not only do you cite reliable sources that back your statement, but you also show that you’ve investigated the user’s page and acknowledged their biases.
by Journeyman (2.1k points)
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I think you gave a great response to this fact check and provided great sources as well.
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Very descriptive fact check. You laid out all the facts that this original claim didn't have. It was very good that you used reliable sources for this fact-check. A time when I had to fact-check this I found a lot of inherently wrong sources. So, I appreciate the time you put into making sure that this is a reliable source and doing a deeper dive.
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ago by Novice (600 points)

This made me LOL. It says that Democrats cheated and stole the 2020 Presidential election from Donald Trump, a claim that has no factual structure. Allegations of widespread voter fraud, promoted by Trump (boooo) allies like Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell, were thoroughly debunked. Numerous judges, including those appointed by Trump, dismissed lawsuits and legal filings alleging fraud in key swing states. In fact, the Associated Press reported in 2020 that election officials described the election as "the most secure in American history." Basically, the account behind the post has a history of sharing content mocking Democrats and posting memes with homophobic or transphobic undertones. The user demonstrates a clear right-wing bias, strongly favoring Trump and the Republican party. At the very least, this post should be viewed as exaggerated and misleading, heavily influenced by bias, if not outright false.

https://apnews.com/article/top-officials-elections-most-secure-66f9361084ccbc461e3bbf42861057a5

https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-pennsylvania-elections-us-supreme-court-5cc6aee8c328c7bb1d423244b979bcec

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ago by Newbie (320 points)

This claim is very interesting and struck my curiosity as I had no idea this was a claim. After doing some research and looking through some articles I found an article by USA today that talk about how "Conspiracy theorists who, months after the 2020 election, still falsely claim voter fraud affected the outcome have started to get creative." And that there were people who claimed that Biden had gotten an excess of more than 8 million votes on top of the legitimate ones that he had gotten. An alleged election expert Seth Keshel claimed that trump had previously won multiple states including "PA, MI, WI, NV, AZ, GA and MN," another article I have found on my search to see whether this is a valid claim or not was Yahoo News which informed me that the Trump administration had hired 28 different international experts who had reported to the administration that they found zero evidence of fraud. It also said that New York Times had spoken to 49 out of the 50 election officials and all of them said  "Not one, Democrat or Republican, reported “that fraud or other irregularities played a role in the outcome of the presidential race.”" which on top of all the other reasons for which the election would not be a fraud there were multiple professionals and government officials from both parties stating they saw no fraud in the election.

The 2020 election wasn't 'stolen.' Here are all the facts that prove it.

Fact check: 8 million 'excess' Biden votes weren't counted in 2020

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