PolitiFact | Michigan

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.

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.

Facebook posts

stated on November 12, 2024 in a video

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

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.”

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.

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.”

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.”

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.”

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.”

X posts

stated on October 15, 2024 in an X post

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

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.”

Elissa Slotkin

stated on September 30, 2024 in a Meta ad

U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers “believes he should make that decision” about whether to end pregnancies.

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.”

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”

Tim Walz

stated on September 21, 2024 in an event in Bethlehem, Pa.

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

Elissa Slotkin

stated on September 11, 2024 in a TV ad

Mike Rogers supported “laws that could eliminate IVF and birth control.”

National Republican Senatorial Committee

stated on August 28, 2024 in an Instagram ad

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

Mike Rogers

stated on August 27, 2024 in a campaign rally

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

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.”

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.”

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