Twitter and Facebook Flag Posts After the Trump Team Falsely Declares Victory in Pennsylvania

Despite massive numbers of yet-to-be-counted votes in Pennsylvania, a number figures on President Donald Trump’s campaign declared victory in the state. Immediately, the tweets were flagged as misleading on Twitter and Facebook.

Among those figures was White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany, who recently started working as an advisor on the Trump re-election campaign. McEnany wrote, “VICTORY for President 👤Donald Trump in PENNSYLVANIA.”

Twitter promptly added a flag, which read, “Official sources may not have called the race when this was Tweeted.” Trump was ahead in Pennsylvania on Wednesday afternoon but most of the votes to be counted were mail-in votes, which skewed toward Biden across the nation.

Also boasting about the false victory was Eric Trump, who took over the Trump businesses when his father entered the White House.

On Facebook, the president alleged that he is winning in Pennsylvania but that the Keystone state’s secretary of state said that millions of ballots are outstanding.

Facebook added a flag to the tweet, which read “votes are being counted. The winner of the 2020 presidential election has not been projected.”