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Incitement Texts Traced to the Trump Campaign

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November 7, 2020 2:40 a.m.
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Trump supporters in eastern Pennsylvania have been receiving what amount to anonymous incitement messages via text telling them the race is being stolen from President Trump and urging them to converge on the Philadelphia Convention Center where votes are being counted in Philadelphia. “ALERT: Radical Liberals & Dems are trying to steal this election from Trump! We need YOU!”

This is the same location where local authorities appear to have thwarted a planned terror attack on election workers two nights ago.

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