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Kevin Rinke
stated on June 1, 2022 in a campaign ad:

"Dead people always vote Democrat."

By Clara Hendrickson • June 2, 2022
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.”

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.”

By Clara Hendrickson • May 26, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on May 9, 2021 in a Facebook post:

"Michigan has requested a full forensic audit."

By Clara Hendrickson • 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.

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.”

By Clara Hendrickson • April 2, 2021
Mike Shirkey
stated on February 16, 2021 in a radio interview:

“Too many dead people voted” in Michigan

By 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.”

By Clara Hendrickson • February 5, 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.”

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.”

By Paul Egan • December 15, 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%

By Clara Hendrickson • December 4, 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.”

By Clara Hendrickson • December 1, 2020
Donald Trump
stated on November 18, 2020 in a tweet:

“Michigan just refused to certify the election results!”

By Clara Hendrickson • November 18, 2020
Big League Politics
stated on October 30, 2020 in a video:

Detroit election worker trainings “reveal the mechanisms of the planned theft of the election”

By Clara Hendrickson • November 11, 2020
Tweets
stated on November 5, 2020 in a tweet:

A list shows over 14,000 dead people voted in Wayne County, Michigan.

By Clara Hendrickson • November 6, 2020
Facebook posts
stated on November 4, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Republican election challengers were unfairly barred from observing absentee ballot processing and counting in Detroit.

By Clara Hendrickson • November 6, 2020
Bloggers
stated on November 4, 2020 in an article:

Wagon arriving at Detroit counting center after deadline “may have been a ballot box.”

By Clara Hendrickson • November 5, 2020
Jon Hoadley
stated on October 13, 2020 in a TV ad:

Upton “voted a dozen times to kick thousands of Michigan families off their health insurance and eliminate protections for preexisting conditions”

By Clara Hendrickson • October 28, 2020
Donald Trump
stated on October 22, 2020 in a debate:

Michigan has been “like a prison” during the coronavirus.

By Clara Hendrickson • October 23, 2020
Congressional Leadership Fund
stated on September 30, 2020 in a TV ad:

“Hoadley called women ‘breeders.’... wanted to learn about crystal meth and wrote that his sexual partners were his victims. Hoadley even wrote about a four year-old wearing a thong.”

By Clara Hendrickson • October 16, 2020
John James
stated on September 27, 2020 in a television ad:

Says Sen. Gary Peters “downplayed the pandemic” and “failed to act.”

By Clara Hendrickson • October 8, 2020
Haley Stevens
stated on September 29, 2020 in a campaign ad:

Eric Esshaki “would allow insurance companies to kick people with a preexisting condition off their plans in the middle of a pandemic, including over 100,000 Michiganders who have survived COVID-19.”

By Clara Hendrickson • October 7, 2020
Gary Peters
stated on September 21, 2020 in Gary Peters in a Sept. 21 Facebook ad:

Says “John James opposes abortion, even refusing to make an exception when a woman’s life is at risk” and “wants to make it a felony even in cases of rape and incest.”

By Clara Hendrickson • October 6, 2020
Fred Upton
stated on September 8, 2020 in a campaign ad:

Says House candidate Jon Hoadley voted to defund the police

By Clara Hendrickson • September 28, 2020
Michigan Democratic Party
stated on September 24, 2020 in an email:

“James is the only Senate candidate in a battleground state who has refused to take a position” on whether the Senate should promptly vote on Trump’s Supreme Court nominee

By Clara Hendrickson • September 25, 2020
Kamala Harris
stated on September 22, 2020 in a TV interview:

“Only one” Black-owned restaurant in Michigan received a loan through the Paycheck Protection Program

By Clara Hendrickson • September 24, 2020
Senate Majority PAC
stated on September 4, 2020 in a Facebook ad:

Says “John James supported Betsy DeVos’ agenda to cut public school funding and put it into wealthy private schools instead.”

By Clara Hendrickson • September 24, 2020
Paul Junge
stated on September 11, 2020 in an interview on 'Detroit Today':

"Candidate Slotkin had presented herself as a moderate and as someone who’d be independent-minded, but her time in office was making it increasingly clear that no, she was very partisan, voting 96% of the time with Speaker Pelosi."

By Clara Hendrickson • September 21, 2020
Robocaller
stated on August 27, 2020 in a robocall:

“If you vote by mail, your personal information will be part of a public database that will be used by police departments to track down old warrants and be used by credit card companies to collect outstanding debt. The CDC is even pushing to use records for mail-in voting to track people for mandatory vaccines.”

By Dave Boucher • August 31, 2020
Paul Junge
stated on July 16, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says Rep. Elissa Slotkin “voted against condemning cyber attacks by the Chinese Communist Party on American organizations developing COVID-19 treatments.”

By Clara Hendrickson • August 24, 2020

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