Former US president Donald Trump claimed in a post on his social media platform that the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled the 2020 election was "rigged." This is false; the court ordered in early November 2022 that state officials should not count undated mail-in ballots, or those returned with incorrect dates, in midterm elections that took place November 8.
"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," Trump said in a November 3, 2022 post on Truth Social. "Is that fair, or even legal."
He added: "This decision represents far more votes than would have been needed to win Pennsylvania. What a SCAM!"
The post was shared thousands of times in the days leading up to Pennsylvania's midterm races, in which Democrat John Fetterman edged out Republican Mehmet Oz, a Trump-backed celebrity doctor, in the state's hotly contested US Senate contest. Doug Mastriano, another Trump-endorsed Republican, also sank in Pennsylvania, losing the governor's race to Democratic challenger Josh Shapiro.
Similar claims have spread across social media platforms and conservative websites since the days leading up to November 8 -- including in Greek. They comprise the latest misinformation to target Pennsylvania, a battleground state that President Joe Biden won by more than 80,000 votes in 2020.
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