Latest Fact-checksGretchen Whitmer Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category TikTok posts stated on June 3, 2023 in a TikTok post: “Cocaine, porn, evidence of child trafficking found in (Gov. Gretchen) Whitmer’s car.” Instagram posts stated on November 9, 2022 in an Instagram post: Graph shows Gretchen Whitmer stole the Michigan gubernatorial election. Viral image stated on November 3, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said, “I will not certify the vote in my state for Donald Trump, no matter the outcome.” Viral image stated on October 17, 2020 in a Facebook post: In the plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, “the perps were ANTIFA and BLM anarchists.” Viral image stated on September 10, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Joe Biden and Gretchen Whitmer were maskless at the Detroit Athletic Club “while OUR children are being mandated to wear a mask while playing outdoor sports.” Facebook posts stated on June 1, 2020 in a Facebook post: “How many of you are aware that the female governor of Michigan is the niece of George Soros?” Facebook posts stated on May 20, 2020 in a Facebook post: Michigan governor reopened Traverse City “so she could have her daughter's open house.” Facebook posts stated on May 20, 2020 in an image: Says Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s family spent May 20 at her second home, breaking her own stay-at-home orders. Viral image stated on May 24, 2020 in a Facebook post: A photo shows Gov. Gretchen Whitmer “on Mackinaw Island today ignoring mask and social distancing rules.” Facebook posts stated on May 14, 2020 in a Facebook post: If masks prevent coronavirus, governors would have given them to prison inmates instead of releasing them. Instagram posts stated on April 27, 2020 in a screenshot: Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer “has just been stripped of her emergency coronavirus powers by her state legislature.” Facebook posts stated on April 13, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Governor Gretchen Whitmer spent the past weekend at her VACATION COTTAGE at Birch Lake. Violating her own EXECUTIVE ORDER.” Facebook posts stated on April 12, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Michigan COVID-19 order bans gardening and the sale of vegetable seeds and fruit.
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TikTok posts stated on June 3, 2023 in a TikTok post: “Cocaine, porn, evidence of child trafficking found in (Gov. Gretchen) Whitmer’s car.” Instagram posts stated on November 9, 2022 in an Instagram post: Graph shows Gretchen Whitmer stole the Michigan gubernatorial election. Viral image stated on November 3, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said, “I will not certify the vote in my state for Donald Trump, no matter the outcome.” Viral image stated on October 17, 2020 in a Facebook post: In the plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, “the perps were ANTIFA and BLM anarchists.” Viral image stated on September 10, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Joe Biden and Gretchen Whitmer were maskless at the Detroit Athletic Club “while OUR children are being mandated to wear a mask while playing outdoor sports.” Facebook posts stated on June 1, 2020 in a Facebook post: “How many of you are aware that the female governor of Michigan is the niece of George Soros?” Facebook posts stated on May 20, 2020 in a Facebook post: Michigan governor reopened Traverse City “so she could have her daughter's open house.” Facebook posts stated on May 20, 2020 in an image: Says Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s family spent May 20 at her second home, breaking her own stay-at-home orders. Viral image stated on May 24, 2020 in a Facebook post: A photo shows Gov. Gretchen Whitmer “on Mackinaw Island today ignoring mask and social distancing rules.” Facebook posts stated on May 14, 2020 in a Facebook post: If masks prevent coronavirus, governors would have given them to prison inmates instead of releasing them. Instagram posts stated on April 27, 2020 in a screenshot: Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer “has just been stripped of her emergency coronavirus powers by her state legislature.” Facebook posts stated on April 13, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Governor Gretchen Whitmer spent the past weekend at her VACATION COTTAGE at Birch Lake. Violating her own EXECUTIVE ORDER.” Facebook posts stated on April 12, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Michigan COVID-19 order bans gardening and the sale of vegetable seeds and fruit.
TikTok posts stated on June 3, 2023 in a TikTok post: “Cocaine, porn, evidence of child trafficking found in (Gov. Gretchen) Whitmer’s car.”
Instagram posts stated on November 9, 2022 in an Instagram post: Graph shows Gretchen Whitmer stole the Michigan gubernatorial election.
Viral image stated on November 3, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said, “I will not certify the vote in my state for Donald Trump, no matter the outcome.”
Viral image stated on October 17, 2020 in a Facebook post: In the plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, “the perps were ANTIFA and BLM anarchists.”
Viral image stated on September 10, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Joe Biden and Gretchen Whitmer were maskless at the Detroit Athletic Club “while OUR children are being mandated to wear a mask while playing outdoor sports.”
Facebook posts stated on June 1, 2020 in a Facebook post: “How many of you are aware that the female governor of Michigan is the niece of George Soros?”
Facebook posts stated on May 20, 2020 in a Facebook post: Michigan governor reopened Traverse City “so she could have her daughter's open house.”
Facebook posts stated on May 20, 2020 in an image: Says Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s family spent May 20 at her second home, breaking her own stay-at-home orders.
Viral image stated on May 24, 2020 in a Facebook post: A photo shows Gov. Gretchen Whitmer “on Mackinaw Island today ignoring mask and social distancing rules.”
Facebook posts stated on May 14, 2020 in a Facebook post: If masks prevent coronavirus, governors would have given them to prison inmates instead of releasing them.
Instagram posts stated on April 27, 2020 in a screenshot: Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer “has just been stripped of her emergency coronavirus powers by her state legislature.”
Facebook posts stated on April 13, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Governor Gretchen Whitmer spent the past weekend at her VACATION COTTAGE at Birch Lake. Violating her own EXECUTIVE ORDER.”
Facebook posts stated on April 12, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Michigan COVID-19 order bans gardening and the sale of vegetable seeds and fruit.
