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Senate Majority PAC
Senate Majority PAC
stated on September 4, 2020 a Facebook ad
Says “John James supported Betsy DeVos’ agenda to cut public school funding and put it into wealthy private schools instead.”
Mostly False
By Clara Hendrickson • September 24, 2020
Paul Junge
Paul Junge
stated on September 11, 2020 an interview on 'Detroit Today'
"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 no, she was very partisan, voting 96% of the time with Speaker Pelosi."
Mostly False
By Clara Hendrickson • September 21, 2020
Viral image
Viral image
stated on September 10, 2020 a Facebook post
Says Joe Biden and Gretchen Whitmer were maskless at the Detroit Athletic Club “while OUR children are being mandated to wear a mask while playing outdoor sports.”
False
September 11, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 10, 2020 a speech at a rally in Michigan
"After the last administration nearly killed the US auto industry, I saved the U.S. auto industry ... We brought you a lot of car plants… (and Japan) “announced five car companies are coming to Michigan.”
False
By Jon Greenberg • September 11, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 9, 2020 a speech in Warren, Mich.
“Military COVID infected: 118,984. Military COVID deaths: 6,114.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 10, 2020
Robocaller
Robocaller
stated on August 27, 2020 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.”
Pants on Fire!
By Clara Hendrickson, Dave Boucher • August 31, 2020
John James
John James
stated on August 26, 2020 a campaign ad
Says Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., is "known for doing nothing. … (Peters) skipped 84% of small business hearings (and) skipped 89% of hearings on China."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • August 31, 2020
Paul Junge
Paul Junge
stated on July 16, 2020 a Facebook post
Says Rep. Elissa Slotkin “voted against condemning cyber attacks by the Chinese Communist Party on American organizations developing COVID-19 treatments.”
False
By Clara Hendrickson • August 24, 2020
Donald Trump Jr.
Donald Trump Jr.
stated on August 15, 2020 a tweet
“8% of the votes cast” in Michigan’s Aug. 4 primary, 864 mailed ballots, came from dead voters. “NOTHING TO SEE HERE!!!”
Pants on Fire!
By Clara Hendrickson • August 18, 2020
Michelle Obama
Michelle Obama
stated on August 17, 2020 a Democratic convention speech
“In one of the states that determined the outcome” of the 2016 presidential race, “the winning margin averaged out to just two votes per precinct, two votes.”
True
By Louis Jacobson • August 18, 2020
Eric Esshaki
Eric Esshaki
stated on July 10, 2020 a campaign ad
Says Haley Stevens’ plan for “socialized medicine” would “eliminate 100,000 doctors and nurses.”
Mostly False
By Clara Hendrickson • August 3, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 19, 2020 posts on Facebook
Michigan House “passes bill to ‘voluntarily’ begin placing human implantable microchips into the bodies of all state government employees”
Mostly False
By Madison Czopek • July 27, 2020
Great Lakes News
Great Lakes News
stated on July 22, 2020 in a tweet
Says Gov. Gretchen Whitmer “defunded the Michigan State Police and the prisons.”
False
By Clara Hendrickson • July 24, 2020
AFSCME
AFSCME
stated on June 18, 2020 an attack ad
Says John James "wants to allow insurance companies to discriminate against people with preexisting conditions.”
Mostly False
By Clara Hendrickson • July 22, 2020
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on July 6, 2020 website profiteeringpeters.com
Says Gary Peters "fought against funding for the VA, veterans housing programs, military pay raises, and health care and research for veterans and their families. He also fought against funding for processing veterans’ disability claims.”
False
By Clara Hendrickson • July 8, 2020
Paul Junge
Paul Junge
stated on June 10, 2020 a campaign website
“Even so-called moderate Democrats like Joe Biden have endorsed a ban on fracking, which would eliminate 516,000 Michigan jobs and reduce the state’s gross domestic product by $159 billion over five years.”
Mostly False
By Clara Hendrickson • June 19, 2020
Rashida Tlaib
Rashida Tlaib
stated on June 4, 2020 a tweet
“Detroit spent $294 million on police last year, and $9 million on health.”
Mostly True
By Clara Hendrickson • June 16, 2020
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