# Stop The Steal Stop the Steal is a political catchphrase and conspiracy movement launched by Donald Trump supporters in November 2020 to claim the U.S. presidential election was rigged in favor of Joe Biden. It spread through a viral Facebook group that passed 350,000 members within a day before the platform removed it, then jumped to Twitter, YouTube, and rallies at state capitols across battleground states. ## Overview Stop the Steal is a slogan and organizing banner attached to the false claim that the 2020 U.S. presidential election was stolen from Donald Trump through mail-in ballot fraud and vote-counting irregularities in swing states[1]. Supporters printed it on signs, chanted it at rallies, tagged it on Twitter, and used it to name Facebook groups that pushed members toward petition drives and in-person protests[2]. The movement was decentralized rather than centrally run, mixing a handful of high-profile Facebook groups, hashtag activity on Twitter, and rallies at state capitols while ballots were still being counted in the days after Election Day[2]. Election officials and fact-checkers pushed back on the fraud allegations, but the phrase stuck as shorthand for post-election grievance among Trump supporters and organizers who believed vote-counting delays in swing states were suspicious[1]. ## How It Spread The Facebook group racked up more than 730,000 interactions during its brief run and passed 350,000 members in a single day[1]. Facebook removed it on November 5th, saying the group was 'organized around the delegitimization of the election process' and that moderators saw calls for violence from members[2]. A copycat Stop the Steal group appeared the same afternoon and was already approaching 13,000 members by Thursday afternoon[2]. On Twitter the slogan traveled through protest logistics. User ScottPresler asked followers on November 4th to bring Stop the Steal signs to the Pennsylvania state capitol in Harrisburg, and the tweet drew more than 42,000 likes within a week[3]. Rallies followed across battleground states, with Alex Jones addressing a Nevada crowd on November 6th in a clip uploaded to YouTube by The Sun, and on November 9th, CNN reporter Donie O'Sullivan interviewed Harrisburg protesters in a video that hit 823,000 views within roughly a day[3]. ## How to Use Supporters typically use Stop the Steal as a rally slogan and hashtag, printing it on protest signs outside state capitols, posting it in Facebook groups and Twitter threads, and pairing it with claims about mail-in ballot fraud or vote-counting delays in specific swing states[1]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Stop The Steal? Stop the Steal is a slogan and conspiracy movement used by Donald Trump supporters starting in November 2020 to claim the U.S. presidential election was stolen from Trump through fraud[1]. ### Where did Stop The Steal come from? The first Stop the Steal Facebook group was created on November 4th, 2020, by Tea Party activist Amy Kremer through her pro-Trump not-for-profit Women for America First[3]. ### What does Stop The Steal mean? The phrase refers to the false claim that the 2020 election was rigged against Donald Trump through mail-in ballot fraud and vote-counting irregularities in swing states such as Pennsylvania[1]. ### How do you use Stop The Steal? Supporters used it on protest signs, in Facebook group names, as a Twitter hashtag, and as a rally chant at gatherings in state capitals across battleground states[2]. ### Is Stop The Steal still popular? The slogan spread most heavily in November 2020 during the post-election vote count; the original Facebook group hit 350,000 members within a day before Facebook banned it on November 5th[1]. ## References 1. [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/nov/05/facebook-trump-stop-the-steal-group-removed]() 2. [https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-donald-trump-misinformation-violence-elections-d5c9bd5fe6a799fd627c50521b6cbb36]() 3. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/stop-the-steal]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/stop-the-steal Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library