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Latest Fact-Checks In Michigan

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stated on November 4, 2020 a Facebook post:
“Any votes counted after midnight” on Election Day in Michigan “are fraud.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • November 5, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 4, 2020 a tweet:
“Last night I was leading, often solidly, in many key States, in almost all instances Democrat run & controlled. Then, one by one, they started to magically disappear as surprise ballot dumps were counted.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 4, 2020
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stated on November 4, 2020 a Facebook post:
Early morning election results from Michigan and Wisconsin show voter fraud.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • November 4, 2020
X posts
X posts
stated on November 4, 2020 a tweet:
Says Joe Biden received a sudden influx of 138,339 votes in Michigan while Donald Trump received none.
False
By Bill McCarthy • November 4, 2020
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Viral image
stated on November 3, 2020 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.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • November 4, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 2, 2020 a Facebook post:
Bricks are being “randomly placed all over Detroit.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • November 3, 2020
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on November 2, 2020 a video posted on TikTok:
“Biden says he doesn’t need voters to get elected.”
False
By Miriam Valverde • November 3, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 1, 2020 a campaign rally:
Says his supporters were “protecting” Joe Biden’s campaign bus in Texas.
Pants on Fire!
By Miriam Valverde • November 2, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 30, 2020 a campaign rally in Waterford, Mich.:
“Our doctors get more money if somebody dies from COVID. … So what they do is they say, ‘I'm sorry, but, you know, everybody dies of COVID.’"
False
By Jon Greenberg • November 1, 2020
YouTube videos
YouTube videos
stated on October 27, 2020 a video on YouTube:
A Detroit TV station aired the election results a week early.
Half-True
By Bill McCarthy • October 29, 2020
Jon Hoadley
Jon Hoadley
stated on October 13, 2020 a TV ad:
Upton “voted a dozen times to kick thousands of Michigan families off their health insurance and eliminate protections for preexisting conditions”
Mostly True
By Clara Hendrickson • October 28, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 22, 2020 a debate:
Michigan has been “like a prison” during the coronavirus.
False
By Clara Hendrickson • October 23, 2020
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stated on October 17, 2020 a Facebook post:
In the plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, “the perps were ANTIFA and BLM anarchists.”
Mostly False
By Ciara O'Rourke • October 21, 2020
Congressional Leadership Fund
Congressional Leadership Fund
stated on September 30, 2020 a TV ad:
“Hoadley called women ‘breeders.’... wanted to learn about crystal meth and wrote that his sexual partners were his victims. Hoadley even wrote about a four year-old wearing a thong.”
Mostly False
By Clara Hendrickson • October 16, 2020
John James
John James
stated on September 27, 2020 a television ad:
Says Sen. Gary Peters “downplayed the pandemic” and “failed to act.”
False
By Clara Hendrickson • October 8, 2020
Haley Stevens
Haley Stevens
stated on September 29, 2020 a campaign ad:
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 Michiganders who have survived COVID-19.”
Mostly False
By Clara Hendrickson • October 8, 2020
Gary Peters
Gary Peters
stated on September 21, 2020 Gary Peters in a Sept. 21 Facebook ad:
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 even in cases of rape and incest.”
Half-True
By Clara Hendrickson • October 6, 2020
Fred Upton
Fred Upton
stated on September 8, 2020 a campaign ad:
Says House candidate Jon Hoadley voted to defund the police
False
By Clara Hendrickson • September 28, 2020
Michigan Democratic Party
Michigan Democratic Party
stated on September 24, 2020 an email:
“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 Trump’s Supreme Court nominee
Mostly True
By Clara Hendrickson • September 25, 2020
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on September 22, 2020 a TV interview:
“Only one” Black-owned restaurant in Michigan received a loan through the Paycheck Protection Program
Mostly False
By Clara Hendrickson • September 24, 2020
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