Latest Fact Checks By Clara Hendrickson

Haley Stevens’ ad gets details on ACA repeal wrong

By Clara Hendrickson

October 8, 2020

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…

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Fact-checking Gary Peters’ ad on James’ abortion stance

By Clara Hendrickson

October 6, 2020

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…

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Fred Upton campaign ad says Jon Hoadley voted to defund the police. That’s not true.

By Clara Hendrickson

September 28, 2020

Says House candidate Jon Hoadley voted to defund the police

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John James is lone Senate candidate facing tight race who is mum on Supreme Court vote

By Clara Hendrickson

September 25, 2020

“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…

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Harris highlights racial disparity in distribution of PPP loans but misstates Michigan stats

By Clara Hendrickson

September 24, 2020

“Only one” Black-owned restaurant in Michigan received a loan through the Paycheck Protection Program

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James backs DeVos and school choice, but does he want to divert funding from public schools?

By Clara Hendrickson

September 24, 2020

Says “John James supported Betsy DeVos’ agenda to cut public school funding and put it into wealthy private schools instead.”

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Fact-checking Rep. Elissa Slotkin’s record of bipartisanship

By Clara Hendrickson

September 21, 2020

"Candidate Slotkin had presented herself as a moderate and as someone who’d be independent-minded, but her time in office was making it increasingly clear that…

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Michigan officials decry ‘racist’ robocall with false attacks on mail-in voting

By Clara Hendrickson , Dave Boucher

August 31, 2020

“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…

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Fact-check: Junge says Slotkin voted against condemning Chinese cyberattacks. That’s not true.

By Clara Hendrickson

August 24, 2020

Says Rep. Elissa Slotkin “voted against condemning cyber attacks by the Chinese Communist Party on American organizations developing COVID-19 treatments.”

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Donald Trump Jr. distorts Michigan data on dead voters

By Clara Hendrickson

August 18, 2020

“8% of the votes cast” in Michigan’s Aug. 4 primary, 864 mailed ballots, came from dead voters. “NOTHING TO SEE HERE!!!”

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Esshaki campaign misrepresents Haley Stevens’ stance on health care

By Clara Hendrickson

August 3, 2020

Says Haley Stevens’ plan for “socialized medicine” would “eliminate 100,000 doctors and nurses.”

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Michigan Gov. Whitmer didn’t defund police and corrections

By Clara Hendrickson

July 24, 2020

Says Gov. Gretchen Whitmer “defunded the Michigan State Police and the prisons.”

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