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What’s the Plan if Trump Tweets That He’s Won Re-election?
NYT ^ | 09 28 2020 | NYT Ed Board

Posted on 09/28/2020 9:09:35 AM PDT by yesthatjallen

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Imagine: It’s midnight, and the electoral map looks quite red. But news networks and election officials aren't calling the swing states, as this year’s record numbers of mail-in and absentee ballots have yet to be fully counted. Mr. Trump, leading in the popular vote, decides he’s seen enough. He takes to his social media platforms and declares that he has won re-election and will accept no other result. He tells his tens of millions of followers that the Democrats and the press will try to change the result and steal the election. The door to unrest and constitutional crisis swings wide open.

Facebook, Twitter and YouTube have all pledged to crack down on misinformation around voting and electoral outcomes. Perhaps in the above scenario they append a label to the president’s posts saying that the information is disputed and that the results are not in. They could introduce friction into the algorithms to slow the reach of the posts.

But pro-Trump lawmakers and pundits most likely would have picked up the argument by then, amplifying the president’s message. What started as one prominent piece of voter disinformation easily could become widespread in the Republican Party and among a large segment of Americans. What would the platforms do then?

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2020election; election2020; landslide; newyork; newyorkcity; newyorkslimes; newyorktimes; nyt; redmirage; socialmedia; trump; trumplandslide; twitter
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To: nwrep

The Left “thinking rationally, dispassionately, and apolitically..”? Now that is funny. I think it’s just as valid to ask of Biden. They are setting up the cheat now. HRC told him not to concede NO MATTER WHAT. It’s going to be nasty between now and Election Day, and worse after.....no matter who wins.


81 posted on 09/28/2020 12:16:40 PM PDT by ALASKA (Watching an attempted coup by a thousand cuts)
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To: a fool in paradise

The market has already dealt with the “likelihood” of a president Biden. Enough so that a Trump when will cause a rally...like last time.


82 posted on 09/28/2020 12:39:34 PM PDT by FreedomNotSafety
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To: freeandfreezing

...damaging to our nation.
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That is the goal.


83 posted on 09/28/2020 2:49:07 PM PDT by reformedliberal (Make yourself less available.)
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To: reformedliberal

so, Trump wins, FakeNewsMSM/Big Tech will declare Biden won.

if Biden wins, FakeNewsMSM/Big Tech will declare that Biden won.

nice.


84 posted on 09/28/2020 5:37:04 PM PDT by MAGAthon
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To: MAGAthon

Not to mention all the ballot fraud.

I’m just praying that the bombshell (real, this time) vote fraud uncoverings in TX/MN/WI (so far) will boot the GOP and the DOJ in the butt and get all this cancelled, ASAP.


85 posted on 09/28/2020 7:34:07 PM PDT by reformedliberal (Make yourself less available.)
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