As is the case with almost everything he has said since last week about the election, none of the demands Trump made on Monday were true and most were identified as misleading by Twitter.
As one of the most important states for both parties and one of the most competitive in this election cycle, Pennsylvania was the target for many false allegations of fraud.
On Monday, the president tweeted“Pennsylvania has prevented us from watching a large part of the vote. Unthinkable and illegal in this country.”
Although the content of the tweet is still visible on the president’s Twitter feed, Twitter has since added a warning label, commenting: “This allegation of election fraud is disputed.”
Facts first: There is no evidence to substantiate this claim. Local, state and federal officials have not reported any major incidents that could question the legitimacy of the way pollsters were treated in Pennsylvania. There have been a few incidents where voting workers do not understand the rules and which were handled by the district attorney but registered voting guards were allowed at polling stations.
Following complaints from Trump campaign representatives about observers in Philadelphia, an election day judge ruled that the city’s election council is complying with the law on how it gives observers access to the recruiting process. The judge allows the observers to be present, the judge wrote, but they do not have the right to examine the workers counting the ballots or look over their shoulders.
Issues involving polling viewers have been at the heart of several lawsuits across the country, including in Philadelphia, where Trump campaign attorneys allege that GOP poll observers were not allowed to watch the vote in Philadelphia, or that they was not close enough to election workers in the country. room. But at a court hearing Thursday, Trump’s lawyers acknowledged, and a federal judge confirmed that these allegations were unfounded. City officials also told the judge there were Trump observers in the room.
Nevada
In his first tweet of the series, Trump assert, “Nevada seems to be a cesspool of false voices” and implied shocking revelations in that vein were at hand.
Facts first: The president did not provide any specific examples or evidence for this claim.
Republican lawyers have shown to more than 3,000 individuals “who apparently violated the law by voting after moving from NV.” However, state election officials say several of these so-called cases of voter fraud are actually service members who legally voted in Nevada after being transferred to serve elsewhere, the Wall Street Journal reports.
And in two separate lawsuits filed last week, Republican attorneys have provided no evidence of voter fraud. A judge has already dismissed one of the cases.
Jon Ralston, editor of the Nevada Independent, responds to the president’s demand, tweeted, “It’s over in NV,” and calls Trump’s tweet a lie.
Georgia
Georgia, a state that could turn Joe Biden from red to blue, and one that gave Trump earlier victory, also appeared in the president’s tweet.
“Georgia will be a big presidential victory because it was election night!” he tweeted.
Facts first: This is another lie. Trump did not win Georgia on election night. He was in front at the time, but not all the votes were.
While Biden currently has an 11,000-vote lead in the state, CNN has not yet projected a winner in Georgia.
On Friday, Georgia’s Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said there would be a retelling in the state due to the tight voting margin. As of 4:30 p.m. EST Monday, Biden was up 0.2%, according to CNN’s calculations. If the victory margin remains within 0.5%, candidates can request a re-application after the results have been certified by the state, which must be no later than 20 November.
Wisconsin
Perhaps the most amazing of Trump’s Monday tweets was about Wisconsin. He wrote, “Wisconsin looks very good. Need some time legally. Will happen soon!”
Facts first: While we can not check predictions about what may happen soon, it is misleading for Trump to claim that Wisconsin ‘looks very good’ to him. CNN called the state for Biden on November 4, and note that a retelling is unlikely to change the final outcome.
Nevertheless, the Trump campaign is asking for a retelling in the field of the field. But under Wisconsin law, a campaign cannot file a petition for retelling until the Wisconsin Electoral Commission has completed the canvas of the county’s election councils. As of 6 p.m. EST on Friday, Biden leads with more than 20,500 votes with 99% of the ballots.