An ABC affiliate has sparked wild conspiracy theories after mistakenly airing election results for Pennsylvania.
The results appeared on the ticker along the bottom of the screen during a broadcast of the Formula 1 Mexico Grand Prix by ABC local affiliate WNEP-TV on Sunday.
It showed Kamala Harris taking the state with 52 percent of the votes, while Donald Trump‘s share was 47 percent.
It instantly prompted claims of election rigging on social media, with one person tweeting: ‘The cheat is on.’
WNEP-TV said that the numbers came up on the screen in ‘error’ and that they had been ‘randomly generated’ as part of a test ahead of election night on November 5.
Trump is currently leading the state by 0.6 percentage points in an average of the top polls by Real Clear Politics.
Biden won Pennsylvania by the …