Election deniers in the U.S. are recycling lies about Dominion Voting Systems machines to claim Brazil's presidential election is being rigged — even though none of the company's equipment is being used there.
Lies about Brazil also cast doubt on U.S. midtermsabout Smartmatic and in English-language posts on U.S. social media sites claiming, incorrectly, that Dominion or Smartmatic machines were used in Brazil.
"The election showed similarities with the last US election, such as overtaking the leader by leaps and bounds," a Twitter account with more than 28,000 followers that describes itself as an independent international news agency posted on Oct 3."Dominion was also used here," the account falsely claimed."Midterms are looking great," wrote one poster on pro-Trump message board Patriots.win."What do we do when the midterms are stolen?" another replied.
The iterative nature of the falsehoods underscores how conspiracy theories need to continually build on themselves to reinforce and validate their claims.
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