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Facebook posts
stated on December 15, 2024 in Facebook posts:

Residents in states across the U.S. are eligible for a $2,200 holiday stimulus payment.

By Sofia Ahmed • December 20, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on December 4, 2024 in a Facebook post:

"The city of… is being warned to be alert & vigilant as there is a serial killer on the run,” Robert Thibodeau.

By Maria Briceño • December 17, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on November 12, 2024 in a video:

FEMA brought 300 semi trucks to Michigan’s Oscoda-Wurtsmith Airport

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • November 21, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on October 30, 2024 in a post:

“It’s now been confirmed by Dominion that their voting machines have a programming issue that will affect vote counts.”

By Sara Swann • November 5, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on October 30, 2024 in a Facebook post:

Data shows some voters cast multiple votes, meaning "at least 164,568 illegal votes have been cast” in Michigan.

By Jeff Cercone • October 31, 2024
Threads posts
stated on October 22, 2024 in a Threads post:

“The cheat has begun” because “Michigan, Georgia and Pennsylvania have officially announced that they will not have election results available on election night.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • October 25, 2024
United Auto Workers
stated on October 23, 2024 in a Meta ad:

Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers “wants to cut Medicare and Social Security.”

By Caleb McCullough • October 24, 2024
X posts
stated on October 19, 2024 in a post:

Michigan has “more registered voters than eligible citizens. This creates a huge risk of election fraud.”

By Sara Swann • October 23, 2024
Mike Rogers
stated on October 14, 2024 in a debate:

“About 400,000 manufacturing jobs in the state of Michigan will go away with EV mandates.”

By Caleb McCullough • October 18, 2024
X posts
stated on October 15, 2024 in an X post:

Detroit’s Oct.15, 2024, absentee ballot return rate proves election fraud.

By Loreben Tuquero • October 17, 2024
Michigan Republican Party
stated on October 8, 2024 in an X post:

Elissa Slotkin “signed a secret agreement with a CCP-linked Chinese battery company.”

By Caleb McCullough • October 17, 2024
Americans for Prosperity Action
stated on September 4, 2024 in a Meta ad:

The Inflation Reduction Act, which Rep. Elissa Slotkin supported, “drove inflation higher.”

By Caleb McCullough • September 26, 2024
X posts
stated on September 24, 2024 in a post:

Image of people boarding up a window shows Michigan election officials are “preparing to steal this election”

By Grace Abels • September 26, 2024
Tim Walz
stated on September 21, 2024 in an event in Bethlehem, Pa.:

“The last union member on a national ticket (was) Ronald Reagan.”

By Louis Jacobson • September 24, 2024
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on August 28, 2024 in an Instagram ad:

Elissa Slotkin “gave your hard-earned tax money to illegal immigrants.”

By Caleb McCullough • September 6, 2024
Mike Rogers
stated on August 27, 2024 in a campaign rally:

Rep. Elissa Slotkin “voted recently to let illegals vote in U.S. elections.”

By Caleb McCullough • September 3, 2024
Mike Rogers
stated on August 16, 2024 in a blog post:

Rep. Elissa Slotkin’s vote for the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act was a vote to “cut Medicare benefits for seniors.”

By Caleb McCullough • August 28, 2024
Elissa Slotkin
stated on August 9, 2024 in Meta ad:

Mike Rogers “left Michigan to trade on his D.C. connections, helping Chinese tech companies get access to the U.S.”

By Caleb McCullough • August 23, 2024
X posts
stated on August 14, 2024 in a post:

Photo from an Aug. 14 campaign event in Michigan shows “JD Vance couldn’t fill a small room.”

By Sara Swann • August 15, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on July 22, 2024 in an Instagram post:

There are nine states “where Biden’s name can’t be removed and no one can be added. That’s over 130 electoral votes in the toilet.”

By Ranjan Jindal • July 23, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on May 4, 2024 in a post on Facebook:

“Voter fraud investigations are being banned by Michigan lawmakers!”

By Madison Czopek • May 16, 2024
MAGA Inc
stated on April 25, 2024 in an ad:

President Joe Biden is paying rent for immigrants illegally in the country.

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • May 9, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on February 28, 2024 in an Instagram post:

Fifty percent of the votes to Joe Biden in Michigan’s presidential primary election were mail-in, unverified, no signature, no ID.

By Sofia Ahmed • February 29, 2024
Donald Trump
stated on September 27, 2023 in a speech in Michigan:

When I took office, “the auto industry was on its knees gasping its last breath.” Trump administration “tariffs and taxes saved the American auto industry from extinction."

By Louis Jacobson • October 5, 2023
The Gateway Pundit
stated on August 8, 2023 in an article:

Police report shows “massive 2020 voter fraud uncovered in Michigan.”

By Sara Swann • August 14, 2023
Social Media
stated on February 13, 2023 in social media posts:

“Michigan State University suspect is 22-year-old ‘Raymone Jordan.’”

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.

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.”

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.’”

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"

By Dave Boucher • November 2, 2022

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