"Are they planning on stealing Texas and it's 40 electoral votes?" says a November 2, 2024 post on X.
The image appears to show a "key race alert" on CNN indicating that, with "polls closed" and 16 percent of the estimated vote already logged in Texas, Democratic Vice President Harris had captured 51.8 percent of the vote compared with Republican nominee Donald Trump's 45.7 percent.
The apparent screenshot rocketed across the Elon Musk-owned platform, spreading widely in the so-called "Election Integrity Community" that the billionaire Trump surrogate created to "share potential incidents of voter fraud or irregularities." Similar posts also circulated on other sites, including Instagram and Threads, with several users questioning how CNN could have results before voters hit the polls on November 5.
"Hey Texas, looks like they are stealing your election," one November 3 post on X says.
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