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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"

By Dave Boucher • November 2, 2022
John Gibbs
stated on June 23, 2022 in a campaign email:

Peter Meijer voted to “create the Adam Schiff-led January 6th Commission.”

By Clara Hendrickson • July 6, 2022
Gretchen Whitmer
stated on June 2, 2022 in a tweet:

“Since I took office, Michigan has added more than 25,000 auto jobs.”

By Clara Hendrickson • July 1, 2022
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
X posts
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

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