“Trump margin of ‘defeat’ in 4 states occurred in 4 data dumps between 1:34-6:31 AM. Statistical anomaly? Fraud?”
Rand Paul
U.S. Senator. in a tweet. Claim dated 29 Nov 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisPants on Fire
What PolitiFact found
Paul’s suggestion that “data dumps” could reflect fraud in the presidential election is not supported by evidence.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Rand Paul (U.S. Senator) made this claim around 29 November 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 2 December 2020, 3 days later. Its rating was “Pants on Fire”.
Rand Paul has 19 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 8 of them false or fake, 9 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
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