Ahead of the midterms, former President Donald Trump continued to promote the falsehood that there was widespread fraud in the 2020 presidential election.
"So the Pennsylvania Supreme Court just ruled, in effect, that the 2020 Presidential Election was Rigged, but they'll let that result stand, however, in future Elections, you are no longer allowed to do what was done in the 2020 election," reads part of a Nov. 3 Truth Social post from Trump, which generated over 18,000 likes.
Trump also claimed that "this decision represents far more votes than would have been needed to win Pennsylvania."
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The post was shared widely on Instagram and Facebook, according to the social media insights tool CrowdTangle.
But the claim is baseless.
No such ruling was made in the state, according to a spokesperson for the Pennsylvania Department of State. While Pennsylvania's highest court did rule that undated or misdated ballots should not be counted in the midterms, this ruling does not apply to the 2020 race retroactively, experts say. Lawsuits Trump filed challenging ballot dates in Pennsylvania after the 2020 election all failed.
An array of recounts and audits conducted in key battleground states confirmed the outcome of the 2020 presidential election.
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