According to unofficial election results, Katie Hobbs beat Kari Lake to become Arizona’s next governor. Hobbs’ smaller Instagram follower count is not proof the election was illegitimate, contrary to some social media claims.
suggests the election is illegitimate, and points to the number of Instagram followers Hobbs and her Republican opponent Kari Lake have.
"Katie Hobbs had ~2.8 percent of Kari Lake’s Instagram following… Katie Hobbs is AZ’s secretary of state and oversees elections… but we’re not allowed to question anything?" the video post says. "How are we supposed to believe this!?" reads text above an image in the post of an NBC News broadcast projecting Hobbs as the winner."Just look at their socials!!!"
This post was flagged as part of Facebook’s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. It’s true that Hobbs has a fraction of Lake’s social media following, though when we compared their profiles Nov. 17, it was more like 3%. Lake has about
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