“Milwaukee Elections Chief Lost Elections Flash Drive in Morning Hours of November 4th When Democrats Miraculously Found 120,000 Votes for Joe Biden.”
Social media posts
a Facebook post. Claim dated 13 Nov 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisPants on Fire
What PolitiFact found
The drive was unintentionally left behind, but was in an observed, supervised area the whole time. It's not at all related to a jump in Biden votes overnight, which came when Milwaukee finished counting absentee ballots.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 13 November 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 17 November 2020, 4 days later. Its rating was “Pants on Fire”.
Where the claim appeared
- thegatewaypundit.comhttps://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/11/developing-milwaukee-elections-chief-lost-electi…
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