Posted by on November 6, 2020 12:17 pm
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KENA BETANCUR

As vote counting continued in Philadelphia on Thursday, bringing Joe Biden ever closer to victory in the state, city residents received a disturbing text message.

“Radical Liberals & Dems are trying to steal this election from Trump!” read the text. “We need YOU! Show your support at the corner of 12th St. & Arch St. in Philadelphia.”

The message sounded like the fodder of a Trump tweet: As President Donald Trump’s chances at victory dimmed, he and party cronies claimed, baselessly, that Democrats were cheating and trying to “steal” a victory. Instead, as votes were tallied in Philadelphia and its suburbs late Thursday and early Friday, it became increasingly likely that Democratic nominee Joe Biden would win Pennsylvania, and with it, the presidency.

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