Thursday, November 5, 2026

Claim check

From the day's Comms chatter

Published 4:00 AM Central

What's going around

A poll worker in Rogers, Minn., wore a shirt mocking the Charlie Kirk assassination and NBC planned to call both chambers for Democrats before votes were counted.

Spreading on Social media posts on Election Day, Nov 3, per AP.

What the record says

Shirt Rogers said it was Halloween attire with no political message, per AP.
NBC call NBC's X post said a projection could come early but would likely take time, per AP.

Bottom lineFalse. City and NBC say otherwise.

Sources

AP via PBS NewsHour: False accusations and unverified claims quickly spread about Election Day voting (Nov 3)AP via U.S. News: False claims of rigged elections are limited as midterm vote heavily favors Democrats (Nov 4)

This claim was checked in the Thursday, November 5, 2026 report.

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