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Latest Fact-Checks In Michigan

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The Gateway Pundit
stated on August 8, 2023 in an article:
Police report shows “massive 2020 voter fraud uncovered in Michigan.”
False
By Sara Swann • August 14, 2023
TikTok posts
stated on June 3, 2023 in a TikTok post:
“Cocaine, porn, evidence of child trafficking found in (Gov. Gretchen) Whitmer’s car.”
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • June 9, 2023
Jared Moskowitz
stated on March 26, 2023 in an interview on CNN:
Former President Donald Trump “instructed all the governors to shut down” because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • April 3, 2023
Social Media
stated on February 13, 2023 in social media posts:
“Michigan State University suspect is 22-year-old ‘Raymone Jordan.’”
False
By Loreben Tuquero • February 15, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on February 13, 2023 in a Facebook post:
The Michigan State University shooter is a 21-year-old man named Lynn Dee Walker.
False
By Samantha Putterman • February 14, 2023
Viral image
stated on November 9, 2022 in an Instagram post:
Photo shows “late-night operatives moving van-loads of suspicious ballots way after legal deadline in Detroit.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • November 10, 2022
Instagram posts
stated on November 9, 2022 in an Instagram post:
Graph shows Gretchen Whitmer stole the Michigan gubernatorial election.
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • November 10, 2022
Instagram posts
stated on November 9, 2022 in an Instagram post:
The Michigan attorney general’s race was “stolen in the middle of the night from Matt DePerno.”
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • November 10, 2022
Donald Trump
stated on November 8, 2022 in a Truth Social post:
In Detroit, “people are showing up to vote only to be told, ‘sorry, you have already voted.’”
False
By Tom Kertscher • November 9, 2022
Citizens to Support MI Women & Children
stated on October 18, 2022 in a tweet:
If Proposal 3 passes, it would allow children to undergo “gender-change therapy without parental consent”
False
By Clara Hendrickson, Dave Boucher • November 2, 2022
Viral image
stated on October 29, 2022 in an Instagram post:
Hecklers chanted “f— Joe Biden” during a Barack Obama speech.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • October 31, 2022
Instagram posts
stated on October 25, 2022 in an Instagram post:
The documentary “2,000 Mules proves” Democrats “cheated on the 2020 elections.”
False
By Amy Sherman, Jon Greenberg • October 28, 2022
Ted Nugent
stated on September 20, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Michigan’s Proposal 2 “will permanently put in the Constitution that you never have to show an ID to vote ever again.”
Mostly False
By Madison Czopek • September 30, 2022
House Majority PAC
stated on September 13, 2022 in an ad:
“90% of (state Sen. Tom Barrett’s) donors are from special interests”
Mostly False
By Todd Spangler • September 20, 2022
Congressional Leadership Fund
stated on September 9, 2022 in an ad:
Following protests in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in 2020, Democratic U.S. House candidate Hillary Scholten “dismissed the destruction and praised the rioters.”
False
By Todd Spangler • September 13, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on August 3, 2022 in a Facebook post:
“Send your postcards to 5 key states to decertify fraud” in the 2020 election.
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • August 16, 2022
John Gibbs
stated on June 23, 2022 in a campaign email:
Peter Meijer voted to “create the Adam Schiff-led January 6th Commission.”
False
By Clara Hendrickson • July 7, 2022
Gretchen Whitmer
stated on June 2, 2022 in a tweet:
“Since I took office, Michigan has added more than 25,000 auto jobs.”
Mostly False
By Clara Hendrickson • July 1, 2022
Kevin Rinke
stated on June 1, 2022 in a campaign ad:
“Dead people always vote Democrat.”
False
By Clara Hendrickson, Louis Jacobson • June 2, 2022
The Gateway Pundit
stated on April 24, 2022 in a blog post:
“A STOLEN ELECTION: State totals minus illegal ballot trafficking numbers give President Trump decisive victories in AZ, GA, MI, PA, and WI.”
False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • May 4, 2022
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