As the president's family is going to twitter, making arguments on social media that no competent lawyer would make in court, and spreading conspiracy theories, I think it's important to note some important facts: /1
Observers from the Trump campaign and Republicans have been in every urban vote counting center, and most of those centers are live-streaming their process, 24 hours a day. /2
While the president seeks to stop counting in PA and GA (where he's now losing), he's been actively seeking to have more MAIL ballots counted in NV and AZ. /3
The election officials in the close states are both Republicans and Democrats. GA and NV have GOP secretaries of state, and there are Republican election officials in places like Philadelphia. /4
As the president and his family slander election officials in places like Philadelphia, it's important to note that Trump is actually OVERPERFORMING in Philly in 2020, compared to 2016, with nearly 20K more votes and a higher % of the vote (18% in 2020, 15% in 2016). /5
VP Biden is winning WI by about the same margin as Trump won the state in 2016. Biden's margin in MI is much larger than Trump's 2016 margin, and it's likely that Biden's margin in PA will also be larger. /6
Republicans had an incredibly successful election, holding the Senate against all odds, picking up seats in the House, and winning state legislatures. The president is throwing his own party's successes under the bus by raising false claims of fraud. /7
This election has been one of the most fair, transparent, and smoothly-run elections in American history. Amazingly, during a pandemic. No amount of conspiracy-mongering can change that. It's a testament to election off'ls of both parties. Trust the results. /END
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THREAD. The president and his supporters have alleged, without any evidence, that massive voter fraud in urban centers led to his defeat, in states like PA, MI, and WI. But when you look at the data, Trump actually OVERPERFORMED in urban areas in 2020, compared to 2016. /1
In Philadelphia, so far, the president has won 125K votes in 2020, 18.3% of the vote. When he won Pennsylvania by only 44K votes in 2016, Trump won only 109K votes, or 15.3% of the vote. /2
In Wayne County, MI (Detroit), the president has won 264K votes, or 30.6% in 2020. In 2016, he won only 228K, or 29.5% of the vote in Detroit, when he won the state of Michigan, by less than 12K votes overall. /3
Last week, @GovRonDeSantis and @FLSecofState announced that FL would be joining @ericstates_info, joining ~30 other states in ensuring their voter lists are as accurate and complete as possible, registering thousands of new voters, and protecting FL’s election integrity. /1
@GovRonDeSantis@FLSecofState@ericstates_info But earlier this week, @fineout reported that former Gov. Scott declined to join ERIC because Pew had funded the initial development of ERIC and “he did not believe it was right to share the personal information of every Florida voter with a liberal think tank.”