# Warnings in Politics & Elections

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**Created:** [January 5, 2021, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warnings-in-politics-elections/929717 "2021-01-05T16:09:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warnings-in-politics-elections/929717/34 "2021-01-06T05:53:52Z")

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Neither warning was for being “inflammatory” either.

Here are both warnings:

> [@Trump Pressured Georgia Official to ‘Find’ Enough Votes to Overturn Election](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pressured-georgia-official-to-find-enough-votes-to-overturn-election/929592/218):
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> _ **Moderating** _
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> Coming into a thread to “debunk” a claim no one has made is trolling.
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> Warning issued.

> [@Trump Pressured Georgia Official to ‘Find’ Enough Votes to Overturn Election](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pressured-georgia-official-to-find-enough-votes-to-overturn-election/929592/236):
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> > [@Trump Pressured Georgia Official to ‘Find’ Enough Votes to Overturn Election](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pressured-georgia-official-to-find-enough-votes-to-overturn-election/929592/211):
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> > As the Lead Stories fact check link shows, context is important. Those votes **DO EXIST** and have been counted. Trump is referring to what his lawyers believe are **INVALID votes cast for Biden… not uncounted votes.**
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> And you believe that this is what Trump meant when he said
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> > And there’s nothing wrong with say saying, you know, um, that you’ve recalculated.
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> Not to mention his repeated demand to “find” 11,780 votes. I have to consider this a troll. This is an official warning, the second you’ve received in this thread

He was warned for arguing against a point no one was actually making (a form of trolling). Not for being offensive or inflammatory.

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