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X posts stated on November 05, 2020 in a tweet:

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

By Clara Hendrickson• November 7, 2020

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

Donald Trump stated on November 18, 2020 in a tweet:

“Michigan just refused to certify the election results!”

By Clara Hendrickson• November 18, 2020

Rashida Tlaib stated on June 04, 2020 in a tweet:

“Detroit spent $294 million on police last year, and $9 million on health.”

By Clara Hendrickson• June 16, 2020

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

Mike Shirkey stated on February 16, 2021 in a radio interview:

“Too many dead people voted” in Michigan

By Dave Boucher, Clara Hendrickson• February 16, 2021

Facebook posts stated on November 04, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“118-year-old William Bradley voted via an absentee ballot in Wayne County, Michigan this year. William died in 1984. They’re trying to steal this election.”

By Amy Sherman• November 5, 2020

Facebook posts stated on August 31, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“You people hate on Trump but he put on a child protective force that found over 300 missing kids in less than 30 days.”

By Madison Czopek• September 16, 2020

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

Rudy Giuliani stated on November 19, 2020 in remarks in a press conference:

In Michigan “we have over-votes in numerous precincts of 150%, 200%, and 300%.”

By Louis Jacobson, Noah Y. Kim• November 20, 2020

Elizabeth Warren stated on August 25, 2024 in an interview:

“JD Vance actually sent a letter last year to the Department of Justice saying, ‘enforce the Comstock Act.’”

By Samantha Putterman• August 30, 2024

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

Viral image stated on August 16, 2022 in an Instagram post:

Half of the votes for Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election “are from dead people.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• August 26, 2022

Douglas Frank stated on April 09, 2021 in a YouTube video:

Michigan used a mathematical “key” to manipulate vote totals in 2020 election.

By Clara Hendrickson• April 16, 2021

Threads posts stated on November 06, 2024 in a Threads post:

Special Counsel “Jack Smith has been fired” as of Nov. 6.

By Loreben Tuquero• November 13, 2024

Fred Upton stated on September 08, 2020 in a campaign ad:

Says House candidate Jon Hoadley voted to defund the police

By Clara Hendrickson• September 28, 2020

Instagram posts stated on September 26, 2024 in an Instagram post:

North Carolina removed 747,000 voters from the voter rolls to try to “steal the election.”

By Madison Czopek• October 4, 2024

X posts stated on March 21, 2021 in a tweet:

"Joe Biden forced the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina to resign after 24 people were charged with election fraud and the Mainstream Media never even batted an eyelash."

By Paul Specht• March 29, 2021

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, Clara Hendrickson• August 31, 2020

Kevin Rinke stated on June 01, 2022 in a campaign ad:

"Dead people always vote Democrat."

By Clara Hendrickson, Louis Jacobson• June 2, 2022

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