On November 5th, he tweeted in all capital letters as if shouting commands, quote, stop the count! Stop the fraud! The same day as those tweets, around 100 Trump supporters showed up in front of a Maricopa County election center in Phoenix, some carrying rifles, literally trying to intimidate officials to stop the count just as President Trump had commanded.
Castro discusses Trump's tweet inciting supporters to intimidate election officials.
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