viral post Shared by X Pacific Gas & Electric Company allegedly caused power outages in Republican districts in California on Election Day.
🚨#breaking news: They shut off the power to Republican voters.
California’s Pacific Gas & Electric imposes power outages in multiple ‘Republican’ areas
⚠️“Planning power outages”
⚠️Why would PG&E shut off power to polling places?
⚠️ Election day! pic.twitter.com/2Sd8JZ3AJl
— HustleBitch (@HustleBitch_) November 5, 2024
Verdict: False
Pacific Gas and Electric Company said it would not shut off power until in-person voting ends. Additionally, according to Politico, the counties where power was cut off were won by Democratic President Joe Biden in the 2020 election.
Fact check:
Donald Trump has won a second term, becoming the 47th president of the United States. CNN. According to the paper, Trump won the 270 electoral votes needed to become president, with Wisconsin putting him in the lead.
The X-Post, which has 29,000 views at the time of writing, claims that Pacific Gas and Electric Company allegedly caused power outages in Republican districts in California on Election Day.
“#breaking news“California’s Pacific Gas & Electric has cut off power to Republican voters in several ‘Republican’ areas,” the post reads. “Why would PG&E shut off power to polling places? On Election Day!” The same post also claims that the alleged power outage was “planned.”
However, this claim is false. Pacific Gas and Electric Company officially press release or socializing media statement Respond to complaints.
Similarly, “Check the facts” was also not found Trustworthy news reporting to support the claim. In fact, the opposite is true. November 6th, Politifact I debunked that claim. According to the outlet, Pacific Gas & Electric Company shown It was announced that five polling places had been identified as “potentially subject to power outages due to public safety.” The company also said that if power needs to be cut off, “this will happen after in-person voting has concluded” and that “temporary power generation has been generated at these locations.” (Related: Are Kentucky voters switching their votes from Trump to Harris?)
The company said it began shutting off power in Lake and Sonoma counties as of 6:30 p.m., followed by Napa and Solano counties starting at 7 p.m. shown. All four counties went to Biden in the 2020 election, according to . politiko.
Check Your Fact has reached out to Pacific Gas & Electric Company for comment.
