Row 766

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[https://archive.is/ic0EE](https://archive.is/ic0EE)

This surprisingly active subreddit is for the C-list rightwing YouTube show created by Steven Crowder. Crowder has been active in the media for nearly a decade, but he gained notoriety in 2019 for his [homophobic harassment of a journalist](https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/06/05/right-wing-youtuber-hurled-racist-homophobic-taunts-gay-reporter-company-did-nothing/). In 2021, he was [demonetized on YouTube](https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/30/22359191/steven-crowder-youtube-partner-program-suspension-demonetize-ads-strike-ban-misinformation) for peddling false election fraud claims. However, his community on reddit continues to thrive.

What's sinister about this post is that it takes a known fact, the actual vote tally for Biden, and plays it off as a joke. It's harder to police this type of disinformation because (1) you have to understand the incorrect premise in order to get the joke and (2) there is some plausible deniability that the joke is actually about alleged cognitive impairment and not the 2020 election.

As usual, the most upvoted comments are where we can see how the post is being interpreted by the subreddit's users:

> As we learned from the Arizona audit, that’s not quite true Joe.

[False.](https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/gop-lawmakers-false-claims-officials-arizonas-called-audit/story?id=80456958)

> No, someone printed 81 million ballots filled out with him on it.

Obviously false, but there is [no evidence](https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2021/02/19/no-evidence-of-election-fraud-in-battleground-states-statistical-analysis-finds-as-trump-continues-false-claims/?sh=1d94b2dd3315) of any pro-Biden fraud.

​

Tl;dr for the "additional information" field of Reddit's [report](https://www.reddit.com/report?reason=this-is-misinformation) form:

Official vote counts show Biden receiving over 81 million votes in the 2020 election. The purpose of this post is to sow seeds of doubt in the integrity of the election by making it sound like Biden's actual vote count is absurd.

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