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Georgia s Fulton County Elections Director Richard Barron may keep his job after all.
The Board of Registration and Elections voted on Tuesday to fire Barron, who has held the post since 2013, after a turbulent 2020 general election and two U.S. Senate runoff contests, but on Wednesday, county commissioners failed to affirm a recommendation to terminate him, which stretches the debate into next month.
“Barron has received wide praise from Republicans and Democrats, for putting in place the most extensive expansion of voting- and voter-access in Georgia history during the November Presidential and January U.S. Senate Runoff elections,” Commissioner Khadijah Abdur-Rahman said in a statement.
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A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week, including false stories about the U.S. Capitol riots, Nancy Pelosi's son-in-law, antifa, the Georgia runoff election and COVID-19 vaccines.
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January 08, 2021 - 1:43 PM
A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts:
No truth to alleged âevidenceâ that Capitol rioters were antifa activists
CLAIM: Photos prove that some of the rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday were antifa activists, not Trump supporters.
THE FACTS: Thereâs no credible evidence to date that rioters who breached the Capitol in an effort to stop certification of U.S. presidential election results were supporters of antifa â a shortened form of âanti-fascistsâ that s used as an umbrella term for far-left leaning militant groups. Steven DâAntuono, the assistant director in charge of the FBIâs Washington field office, told reporters Friday thereâs âno indicationâ at this time that antifa ac