President Trump is questioning, in his words, a “dump of 143,379 votes at 3:42AM” for Joe Biden in Wisconsin:
Look at this in Wisconsin! A day AFTER the election, Biden receives a dump of 143,379 votes at 3:42AM, when they learned he was losing badly. This is unbelievable! pic.twitter.com/nhiLMmyHBn
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 19, 2020
These are reportedly absentee ballots from Milwaukee County:
FACT CHECK: Those votes came from the city of Milwaukee. They were absentee votes. We knew they would be counted last and that's exactly what happened. Happened in front of poll watchers, cameras, and live video feeds. https://t.co/cQICYZ7YwR
— Ben Handelman (@BenHandelman) November 19, 2020
And it was expected that they’d be reported sometime between 3 a.m. and 6 a.m.:
Election officials in Milwaukee Co. told voters (before election day) to expect the absentee ballots to be counted between 3 and 6am -> https://t.co/66VRAmZ03h https://t.co/ZyQcIqHX96
— Mikel Lauber (@MikelLauber) November 19, 2020
Not every vote was for Joe Biden:
This was fact checked eight days ago. There was a jump in votes, but this was because Milwaukee County, home to the largest city in the state, reported roughly 170,000 absentee votes, some of which were for Trump, but were overwhelmingly Democratic.https://t.co/84Mhn0Xfby https://t.co/Tx6J3xXb7H
— Sean Previl (@SeanPrevil) November 19, 2020
Wisconsin was one of the states that were not allowed to count absentee ballots until election day:
"Siri, tell me one of the states Trump lost that didn't allow counting of mail-in ballots before election day as they did in Florida?"
"Wisconsin." https://t.co/HYytnSBOs8
— Jay Caruso (@JayCaruso) November 19, 2020
The state will begin the recount of two counties as requested by the Trump campaign today:
The Wisconsin Elections Commission has agreed to issue an order on Thursday to recount ballots cast in Milwaukee and Dane counties as requested by President Trump. https://t.co/YznD8ONDUz
— NBC Politics (@NBCPolitics) November 19, 2020
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