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Shortly after the Facebook groups were removed, a number of leftists created a fake "Stop The Steal" group to attract Trump supporters.<ref name=":0" /> Once a large number of supporters had joined, they changed the name of the group to "Gay Communists for Socialism", in an attempt to [[Internet troll|troll]] the members. One administrator told the group that they changed the name "to avoid censorship."<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Dickson|first=E. J.|date=November 6, 2020|title=How a Pro-Trump 'Stop the Steal' Group Became 'Gay Communists for Socialism'|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/stop-the-steal-facebook-group-gay-communists-for-socialism-1086967/|access-date=November 9, 2020|website=Rolling Stone|language=en-US|archive-date=November 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108184238/https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/stop-the-steal-facebook-group-gay-communists-for-socialism-1086967/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Paul|first=Kari|date=November 7, 2020|title=Trump backers tricked into joining ‘Gay Communists for Socialism’ on Facebook|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/nov/06/trump-supporters-gay-communists-for-socialism-facebook-group|access-date=November 9, 2020|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=November 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108182019/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/nov/06/trump-supporters-gay-communists-for-socialism-facebook-group|url-status=live}}</ref> Facebook's attempts to restrict groups that spread false election claims led to a surge in the popularity of [[Parler]], a right-leaning alternative social networking site that markets itself as a "free speech" haven.<ref>{{cite news|first1=Elizabeth|last1=Dwoskin|first2=Rachel|last2=Lerman|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/11/10/facebook-parler-election-claims/|title=‘Stop the Steal’ supporters, restrained by Facebook, turn to Parler to peddle false election claims|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=November 10, 2020|accessdate=11 November 2020}}</ref> |
Shortly after the Facebook groups were removed, a number of leftists created a fake "Stop The Steal" group to attract Trump supporters.<ref name=":0" /> Once a large number of supporters had joined, they changed the name of the group to "Gay Communists for Socialism", in an attempt to [[Internet troll|troll]] the members. One administrator told the group that they changed the name "to avoid censorship."<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Dickson|first=E. J.|date=November 6, 2020|title=How a Pro-Trump 'Stop the Steal' Group Became 'Gay Communists for Socialism'|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/stop-the-steal-facebook-group-gay-communists-for-socialism-1086967/|access-date=November 9, 2020|website=Rolling Stone|language=en-US|archive-date=November 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108184238/https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/stop-the-steal-facebook-group-gay-communists-for-socialism-1086967/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Paul|first=Kari|date=November 7, 2020|title=Trump backers tricked into joining ‘Gay Communists for Socialism’ on Facebook|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/nov/06/trump-supporters-gay-communists-for-socialism-facebook-group|access-date=November 9, 2020|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=November 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108182019/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/nov/06/trump-supporters-gay-communists-for-socialism-facebook-group|url-status=live}}</ref> Facebook's attempts to restrict groups that spread false election claims led to a surge in the popularity of [[Parler]], a right-leaning alternative social networking site that markets itself as a "free speech" haven.<ref>{{cite news|first1=Elizabeth|last1=Dwoskin|first2=Rachel|last2=Lerman|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/11/10/facebook-parler-election-claims/|title=‘Stop the Steal’ supporters, restrained by Facebook, turn to Parler to peddle false election claims|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=November 10, 2020|accessdate=11 November 2020}}</ref> |
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A November 13-17 Reuters/Ipsos poll found that 73% of voters in the United States said that Biden won the election, while 5% said Trump won. However, when asked specifically about who had "rightfully won," 52% of Republicans responded Trump, and 29% of Republicans responded Biden. Among all voters, 55% (7 percentage points fewer than in 2016) said they believed that the election results were "legitimate and accurate," 28% (12 percentage points more than 2016) said they believed that they were "the result of illegal voting or election rigging," and 17% were unsure. 68% of Republicans stated the election was “rigged,” while only 16% of Democrats and 33% of independents agreed.<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-poll-idUSKBN27Y1AJ]</ref> |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
Revision as of 15:44, 20 November 2020
Stop the Steal is a right-wing conspiracy theory in the United States,[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] in which some supporters of US President Donald Trump have promoted false claims of widespread electoral fraud during the 2020 presidential election. These supporters have asserted without evidence[9][10] that Trump is the winner of the election, and that large-scale voter and vote counting fraud took place in several swing states.[10] The Associated Press, ABC News, CBS News, CNN, Decision Desk HQ, NBC News, The New York Times, and Fox News have projected that former vice president Joe Biden is the president-elect of the United States, having at minimum the 270 Electoral College votes needed to claim victory.[11] A New York Times survey of state election officials found no evidence of significant voting fraud.[12]
"Stop the Steal" was created by Republican political operative Roger Stone in 2016.[13] A Facebook group with that name was created during the 2020 counting of votes by the pro-Trump group "Women for America First" co-founder and Tea Party movement activist Amy Kremer.[14] Facebook removed the group on November 5, and described it as "organized around the delegitimization of the election process".[14][15] It was reported to have been adding 1,000 new members every 10 seconds[16] with 300,000 followers before Facebook shut it down.[17]
All subsequent "Stop the Steal" groups have since been removed from the website by Facebook moderators due to threats, incitement to violence, and discussions of extreme violence, all of which are violations of Facebook's community standards.[18][19][20] Several "Stop the Steal" groups were founded by right-wing extremists[21] after Donald Trump published tweets on Twitter encouraging his supporters to "Stop the Count".[22] Since then, many of these unorganized "Stop the Steal" groups have started protesting in several U.S. cities, including Washington, D.C.,[23] Detroit[24] and Lansing, Michigan,[25] Las Vegas, Nevada,[26][27] Madison, Wisconsin,[28] Atlanta, Georgia,[29] and Columbus, Ohio.[30]
Shortly after the Facebook groups were removed, a number of leftists created a fake "Stop The Steal" group to attract Trump supporters.[31] Once a large number of supporters had joined, they changed the name of the group to "Gay Communists for Socialism", in an attempt to troll the members. One administrator told the group that they changed the name "to avoid censorship."[31][32] Facebook's attempts to restrict groups that spread false election claims led to a surge in the popularity of Parler, a right-leaning alternative social networking site that markets itself as a "free speech" haven.[33]
A November 13-17 Reuters/Ipsos poll found that 73% of voters in the United States said that Biden won the election, while 5% said Trump won. However, when asked specifically about who had "rightfully won," 52% of Republicans responded Trump, and 29% of Republicans responded Biden. Among all voters, 55% (7 percentage points fewer than in 2016) said they believed that the election results were "legitimate and accurate," 28% (12 percentage points more than 2016) said they believed that they were "the result of illegal voting or election rigging," and 17% were unsure. 68% of Republicans stated the election was “rigged,” while only 16% of Democrats and 33% of independents agreed.[34]
See also
- Republican reactions to Donald Trump's claims of 2020 election fraud
- List of lawsuits relating to the 2020 United States presidential election
- 2020 United States election protests
References
- ^ Triomphe, Catherine (November 6, 2020). "Explaining 'Stop the Steal', Trump supporters' viral offensive to discredit the election". America Votes.
- ^ Romm, Tony; Stanley-Becker, Isaac; Dwoskin, Elizabeth. "Facebook bans 'STOP THE STEAL' group Trump allies were using to organize protests against vote counting". The Washington Post.
- ^ Ghaffary, Shirin (November 5, 2020). "Facebook took down a massive 'Stop the Steal' group after its members called for violence". Vox.
- ^ "Facebook blocks hashtags for #sharpiegate, #stopthesteal election conspiracies". TechCrunch. November 5, 2020. Archived from the original on November 18, 2020. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
- ^ "The Next 2020 Election Fight? Convincing Trump's Supporters That He Lost". NPR.
- ^ Sullivan, Mark (November 5, 2020). "The pro-Trump 'Stop the Steal' movement is still growing on Facebook". Fast Company. Archived from the original on November 6, 2020. Retrieved November 9, 2020.
- ^ Beckett, Lois (November 6, 2020). "Tea party-linked activists protest against election fraud in US cities". The Guardian. Archived from the original on November 7, 2020. Retrieved November 9, 2020.
- ^ Doerer, Kristen. "Right-Wing Operative Ali Alexander Leads 'Stop the Steal' Campaign". Right Wing Watch. Archived from the original on November 5, 2020. Retrieved November 9, 2020.
- ^ Frenkel, Sheera (November 13, 2020). "Beware of this misinformation from 'Stop the Steal' rallies this weekend". Retrieved November 17, 2020.
- ^ a b Breland, Ali. "Meet the right-wing trolls behind "Stop The Steal"". Mother Jones. Archived from the original on November 9, 2020. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
- ^ Athas, Eric; Carlson, Seth; Keefe, John; Miller, Claire Cain; Parlapiano, Alicia; Sanger-Katz, Margot. "Tracking Which News Outlets Have Called the Presidential Race in Each State". The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 8, 2020. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
- ^ Corasaniti, Nick; Epstein, Reid J.; Rutenberg, Jim (November 11, 2020). "The Times Called Officials in Every State: No Evidence of Voter Fraud". Archived from the original on November 16, 2020. Retrieved November 14, 2020 – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ Kuznia, Rob (November 14, 2020). "Stop the Steal's massive disinformation campaign connected to Roger Stone". CNN.
- ^ a b Wong, Julia Carrie (November 5, 2020). "Facebook removes pro-Trump Stop the Steal group over 'calls for violence'". The Guardian. Archived from the original on November 6, 2020. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
- ^ Frenkel, Sheera (November 5, 2020). "The Rise and Fall of the 'Stop the Steal' Facebook Group". The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 9, 2020. Retrieved November 9, 2020.
- ^ Culliford, Elizabeth; Satter, Raphael (November 5, 2020). "Pro-Trump Facebook group protesting vote count adding 1000 members every 10 seconds". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on November 6, 2020. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
- ^ Dickson, E. J. (November 5, 2020). "A Pro-Trump 'Stop the Steal' Group Rapidly Grew on Facebook". Rolling Stone. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Facebook Has A Metric For "Violence And Incitement Trends." It's Rising". BuzzFeed News.
- ^ "Community Standards | Facebook". Archived from the original on September 18, 2020. Retrieved November 8, 2020 – via Facebook.
- ^ "Violence Brewed in Facebook Groups Ahead of 'Stop The Steal' Protests". Snopes.com.
- ^ Breland, Ali. "Meet the right-wing trolls behind "Stop The Steal"". Mother Jones. Archived from the original on November 9, 2020. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
- ^ Rupar, Aaron (November 5, 2020). "Trump's desperate "STOP THE COUNT!" tweet, briefly explained". Vox. Archived from the original on November 7, 2020. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
- ^ Yancey-Bragg, N'dea. "Trump supporters plan rallies in Washington DC, experts warn extremists may attend". USA TODAY. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
- ^ "'Stop the count': Crowd tries to storm Detroit convention centre". The Independent. November 4, 2020. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
- ^ LeBlanc, Beth. "Trump supporters dispute Michigan vote count at 'Stop the Steal' rally on Capitol lawn". The Detroit News. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
- ^ Komenda, Ed. "Nevada election 2020: Vote challengers gather outside election department in Las Vegas". Reno Gazette Journal. Archived from the original on November 18, 2020. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
- ^ "'Stop the steal' protest outside Clark County Election Center Office". KTNV. November 8, 2020. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
- ^ Journal, Chris Rickert | Wisconsin State Journal, Logan Wroge | Wisconsin State. "Trump supporters, counter protesters clash at Madison rally". madison.com. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Staff, WSBTV com News. "Demonstrators rally for Trump in front of Georgia Capitol". WSBTV. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
- ^ Smith, Matthew Thomas, Mary (November 7, 2020). "Trump, Biden supporters rally at Ohio Statehouse after Biden projected to win election". WSYX. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b Dickson, E. J. (November 6, 2020). "How a Pro-Trump 'Stop the Steal' Group Became 'Gay Communists for Socialism'". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on November 8, 2020. Retrieved November 9, 2020.
- ^ Paul, Kari (November 7, 2020). "Trump backers tricked into joining 'Gay Communists for Socialism' on Facebook". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on November 8, 2020. Retrieved November 9, 2020.
- ^ Dwoskin, Elizabeth; Lerman, Rachel (November 10, 2020). "'Stop the Steal' supporters, restrained by Facebook, turn to Parler to peddle false election claims". The Washington Post. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
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