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I just reported a new Trump tweet that makes the same false claims about maile (Original Post) tblue37 May 2020 OP
Is this the tweet you mean? Jarqui May 2020 #1
Yes! nt tblue37 May 2020 #2
They put up a link to actual facts about mail in voting when he tweeted this before. tblue37 May 2020 #3
To me, that tweet is different. For example: Jarqui May 2020 #5
The Ultimate Fact-Check smb May 2020 #4

Jarqui

(10,123 posts)
1. Is this the tweet you mean?
Fri May 29, 2020, 07:14 AM
May 2020



Isn't that an opinion?

It is not an opinion that I or many agree with.

But it is talking about what will happen. It is not lying or misleading about what has happened.

tblue37

(65,334 posts)
3. They put up a link to actual facts about mail in voting when he tweeted this before.
Fri May 29, 2020, 07:17 AM
May 2020

They should do so again.

They didn't directly argue with his tweet.

Jarqui

(10,123 posts)
5. To me, that tweet is different. For example:
Fri May 29, 2020, 07:42 AM
May 2020



"That will be followed up with professionals telling all of these people, many of whom have never even thought of voting before, how, and for whom, to vote. This will be a Rigged Election. "

President of the United States is claiming something will happen a matter of fact or in due course when there is no factual basis to support that claim.

I think there is a difference between opinion and misleading people.

if he'd said "I'd worry that professionals could tell 'all of these people, many of whom have never even thought of voting before, how, and for whom, to vote'". That expresses a concern about what might happen - an opinion - not a misleading factual claim. Under the 1st amendment, they shouldn't flag it.
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