OKC council candidate posts pro-Trump rhetoric; has never voted in a city election

An Oklahoma City Council candidate acknowledged Friday he posted a #STOPTHESTEAL2020 graphic on social media referencing Donald Trump's unfounded presidential election fraud claims and warning "this will be handled."

Joshua Debolt also acknowledged he has never voted in a municipal election, including the 2017 race for the Ward 1 seat he is seeking.

Debolt said the graphic was one he found elsewhere and copied onto his Facebook page in November. He said he thought at the time the president's fraud claims deserved to be investigated.

However, the graphic ominously read, "This will not be allowed to happen. One way or another, this will be handled."

It included hashtags reading #PB, #Activate, #AmericaFirst and #Trump2020. Asked whether #PB referred to an extremist organization like Proud Boys, Debolt said he thought it meant "Patriots and Brothers."

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