Trump backers tricked into joining ‘Gay Communists for Socialism’ on Facebook

Stop the Steal' group acquired 40,000 members after a similar group was shut down, then changed its name without explanation

Thousands of Donald Trump supporters have unwittingly found themselves in a Facebook group called Gay Communists for Socialism", after being tricked by its creators into joining what they thought was a pro-Trump election group.

On Thursday, a Facebook group called Stop the Steal", a reference to the president's false claims that Joe Biden is stealing" the US election, was disabled by the social network for misinformation after gaining more than 350,000 members. Other groups emerged in its place, including a second Stop the Steal" group that attracted more than 40,000 castaways from the original group.