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It's been a rollercoaster of emotions, so far.
The 2020 Election is not-so-quickly coming to a close and Hollywood, along with the rest of the country, awaits with anticipation and anxiety to see who will be the next President of the United States.
The nail-biting showdown between Republican incumbent Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden brought out voters in droves to the polling stations. As the results for the "the most important election of our lives" began to trickle in, so did an outpouring of reaction flood social media from celebrities.
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As the night slipped into early Wednesday morning, Biden gave a quick speech to say that he was feeling confident still, but his followers needed to be patient until all the votes are counted. Trump then tweeted that the night was "a big WIN," promising a statement of his own.
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The president then alleged that an unidentified "they are trying to STEAL the election," reiterating his talking point that "votes cannot be cast after the Poles [sic] are closed!"
He quickly corrected the spelling of "polls," but Twitter still flagged the tweet as violating its Civic Integrity Policy, containing content that "is disputed and might be misleading about an election or other civic process." He later gave a speech saying, "Frankly, we did win this election" and threatened to go to the Supreme Court to say "We want all voting to stop." That sparked its own wave of backlash from Hollywood.
As more and more people started waking up on Wednesday, they kept hope alive for Biden as key states started to lean blue while more votes were counted. Trump, meanwhile, began tweeting about votes for him starting to "magically disappear as surprise ballot dumps" in Democratic districts were counted.
We'll keep updating this post more results come in.
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