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Latest Fact-Checks In Michigan

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Facebook posts
stated on April 4, 2022 in a post:
Schools are putting litter boxes in bathrooms to accommodate kids who identify as furries.
Pants on Fire!
By Monique Curet • April 8, 2022
Viral image
stated on November 9, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Says Kamala Harris said only vaccinated people are hospitalized and dying from COVID-19.
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • November 17, 2021
Lisa McClain
stated on November 6, 2021 in a tweet:
In the infrastructure bill that just passed the House, “only 10% is actual infrastructure.”
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • November 8, 2021
Mike Shirkey
stated on August 16, 2021 in a TV interview:
“I don’t need” the COVID-19 vaccine. “I have natural immunity” that lasts “forever.”
False
By Clara Hendrickson • August 18, 2021
Jocelyn Benson
stated on May 20, 2021 in a campaign fundraising email:
A Republican bill in Michigan “would make it a crime for election officials … to share information about how to vote by mail and where to find a ballot drop box.”
Half-True
By Clara Hendrickson • May 26, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on May 9, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“Michigan has requested a full forensic audit.”
False
By Clara Hendrickson, Ciara O'Rourke • May 11, 2021
Douglas Frank
stated on April 9, 2021 in a YouTube video:
Michigan used a mathematical “key” to manipulate vote totals in 2020 election.
Pants on Fire!
By Clara Hendrickson • April 16, 2021
Michael MacDonald
stated on March 24, 2021 in a statement:
Michigan election bills are “designed to make it easier for people to vote.”
Mostly False
By Clara Hendrickson • April 2, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on March 18, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“Finally, a judge has ruled Dominion voting machines were designed to create fraud.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • March 23, 2021
Mike Shirkey
stated on February 16, 2021 in a radio interview:
“Too many dead people voted” in Michigan
False
By Clara Hendrickson, Dave Boucher • February 16, 2021
The Gateway Pundit
stated on February 5, 2021 in an article:
“Newly discovered video shows late night deliveries of tens of thousands of illegal ballots 8 hours after deadline.”
False
By Clara Hendrickson • February 5, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on December 15, 2020 in a Facebook post:
An “audit report” found that a voting system used in Michigan in the 2020 presidential election was designed to “create systemic fraud.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • February 1, 2021
Garlin Gilchrist
stated on January 17, 2021 in a speech at MLK Day Jr. Youth Conference:
In Michigan, “we were able to really flatten” the racial disparity in COVID-19’s impact “and make significant progress.”
Mostly True
By Clara Hendrickson • January 22, 2021
Donald Trump
stated on December 15, 2020 in a tweet:
“68% error rate in Michigan Voting Machines. Should be, by law, a tiny percentage of one percent.”
False
By Clara Hendrickson, Paul Egan • December 16, 2020
Russell James Ramsland Jr.
stated on November 24, 2020 in an affidavit:
In 10 Michigan precincts, voter turnout reached 100% and in 6 precincts it surpassed 100%
Pants on Fire!
By Clara Hendrickson • December 4, 2020
Rand Paul
stated on November 29, 2020 in a tweet:
“Trump margin of ‘defeat’ in 4 states occurred in 4 data dumps between 1:34-6:31 AM. Statistical anomaly? Fraud?”
Pants on Fire!
By Miriam Valverde • December 2, 2020
Mike Duggan
stated on November 29, 2020 in an interview:
“Detroit actually has the lowest infection rate in the state of Michigan. We’re half of that of the surrounding suburbs.”
Half-True
By Clara Hendrickson • December 1, 2020
Donald Trump
stated on November 22, 2020 in a tweet:
“In certain swing states, there were more votes than people who voted, and in big numbers.”
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • November 23, 2020
Sidney Powell
stated on November 8, 2020 in an interview with Fox News:
“At least 450,000 ballots in the key states … miraculously only have a mark for Joe Biden on them, and no other candidate.”
False
By Samantha Putterman • November 20, 2020
Rudy Giuliani
stated on November 19, 2020 in remarks in a press conference:
In Michigan “we have over-votes in numerous precincts of 150%, 200%, and 300%.”
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson, Noah Y. Kim • November 20, 2020
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