Latest Fact-checks in Michigan Donald Trump stated on October 30, 2020 in 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.’" YouTube videos stated on October 27, 2020 in a video on YouTube: A Detroit TV station aired the election results a week early. Jon Hoadley stated on October 13, 2020 in a TV ad: Upton “voted a dozen times to kick thousands of Michigan families off their health insurance and eliminate protections for preexisting conditions” Donald Trump stated on October 22, 2020 in a debate: Michigan has been “like a prison” during the coronavirus. Viral image stated on October 17, 2020 in a Facebook post: In the plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, “the perps were ANTIFA and BLM anarchists.” Congressional Leadership Fund stated on September 30, 2020 in 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.” John James stated on September 27, 2020 in a television ad: Says Sen. Gary Peters “downplayed the pandemic” and “failed to act.” Haley Stevens stated on September 29, 2020 in 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.” Gary Peters stated on September 21, 2020 in 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.” Fred Upton stated on September 8, 2020 in a campaign ad: Says House candidate Jon Hoadley voted to defund the police Michigan Democratic Party stated on September 24, 2020 in 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 Kamala Harris stated on September 22, 2020 in a TV interview: “Only one” Black-owned restaurant in Michigan received a loan through the Paycheck Protection Program Senate Majority PAC stated on September 4, 2020 in a Facebook ad: Says “John James supported Betsy DeVos’ agenda to cut public school funding and put it into wealthy private schools instead.” Paul Junge stated on September 11, 2020 in 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." Viral image stated on September 10, 2020 in 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.” Donald Trump stated on September 10, 2020 in 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.” Joe Biden stated on September 9, 2020 in a speech in Warren, Mich.: “Military COVID infected: 118,984. Military COVID deaths: 6,114.” 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.” John James stated on August 26, 2020 in 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." Paul Junge stated on July 16, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Rep. Elissa Slotkin “voted against condemning cyber attacks by the Chinese Communist Party on American organizations developing COVID-19 treatments.” Donald Trump Jr. stated on August 15, 2020 in a tweet: “8% of the votes cast” in Michigan’s Aug. 4 primary, 864 mailed ballots, came from dead voters. “NOTHING TO SEE HERE!!!” Michelle Obama stated on August 17, 2020 in 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.” Eric Esshaki stated on July 10, 2020 in a campaign ad: Says Haley Stevens’ plan for “socialized medicine” would “eliminate 100,000 doctors and nurses.” Facebook posts stated on July 19, 2020 in posts on Facebook: Michigan House “passes bill to ‘voluntarily’ begin placing human implantable microchips into the bodies of all state government employees” Great Lakes News stated on July 22, 2020 in in a tweet: Says Gov. Gretchen Whitmer “defunded the Michigan State Police and the prisons.” AFSCME stated on June 18, 2020 in an attack ad: Says John James "wants to allow insurance companies to discriminate against people with preexisting conditions.” National Republican Senatorial Committee stated on July 6, 2020 in 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.” Paul Junge stated on June 10, 2020 in 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.” Rashida Tlaib stated on June 4, 2020 in a tweet: “Detroit spent $294 million on police last year, and $9 million on health.”
Donald Trump stated on October 30, 2020 in 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.’" YouTube videos stated on October 27, 2020 in a video on YouTube: A Detroit TV station aired the election results a week early. Jon Hoadley stated on October 13, 2020 in a TV ad: Upton “voted a dozen times to kick thousands of Michigan families off their health insurance and eliminate protections for preexisting conditions” Donald Trump stated on October 22, 2020 in a debate: Michigan has been “like a prison” during the coronavirus. Viral image stated on October 17, 2020 in a Facebook post: In the plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, “the perps were ANTIFA and BLM anarchists.” Congressional Leadership Fund stated on September 30, 2020 in 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.” John James stated on September 27, 2020 in a television ad: Says Sen. Gary Peters “downplayed the pandemic” and “failed to act.” Haley Stevens stated on September 29, 2020 in 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.” Gary Peters stated on September 21, 2020 in 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.” Fred Upton stated on September 8, 2020 in a campaign ad: Says House candidate Jon Hoadley voted to defund the police Michigan Democratic Party stated on September 24, 2020 in 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 Kamala Harris stated on September 22, 2020 in a TV interview: “Only one” Black-owned restaurant in Michigan received a loan through the Paycheck Protection Program Senate Majority PAC stated on September 4, 2020 in a Facebook ad: Says “John James supported Betsy DeVos’ agenda to cut public school funding and put it into wealthy private schools instead.” Paul Junge stated on September 11, 2020 in 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." Viral image stated on September 10, 2020 in 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.” Donald Trump stated on September 10, 2020 in 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.” Joe Biden stated on September 9, 2020 in a speech in Warren, Mich.: “Military COVID infected: 118,984. Military COVID deaths: 6,114.” 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.” John James stated on August 26, 2020 in 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." Paul Junge stated on July 16, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Rep. Elissa Slotkin “voted against condemning cyber attacks by the Chinese Communist Party on American organizations developing COVID-19 treatments.” Donald Trump Jr. stated on August 15, 2020 in a tweet: “8% of the votes cast” in Michigan’s Aug. 4 primary, 864 mailed ballots, came from dead voters. “NOTHING TO SEE HERE!!!” Michelle Obama stated on August 17, 2020 in 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.” Eric Esshaki stated on July 10, 2020 in a campaign ad: Says Haley Stevens’ plan for “socialized medicine” would “eliminate 100,000 doctors and nurses.” Facebook posts stated on July 19, 2020 in posts on Facebook: Michigan House “passes bill to ‘voluntarily’ begin placing human implantable microchips into the bodies of all state government employees” Great Lakes News stated on July 22, 2020 in in a tweet: Says Gov. Gretchen Whitmer “defunded the Michigan State Police and the prisons.” AFSCME stated on June 18, 2020 in an attack ad: Says John James "wants to allow insurance companies to discriminate against people with preexisting conditions.” National Republican Senatorial Committee stated on July 6, 2020 in 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.” Paul Junge stated on June 10, 2020 in 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.” Rashida Tlaib stated on June 4, 2020 in a tweet: “Detroit spent $294 million on police last year, and $9 million on health.”
Donald Trump stated on October 30, 2020 in 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.’"
YouTube videos stated on October 27, 2020 in a video on YouTube: A Detroit TV station aired the election results a week early.
Jon Hoadley stated on October 13, 2020 in a TV ad: Upton “voted a dozen times to kick thousands of Michigan families off their health insurance and eliminate protections for preexisting conditions”
Donald Trump stated on October 22, 2020 in a debate: Michigan has been “like a prison” during the coronavirus.
Viral image stated on October 17, 2020 in a Facebook post: In the plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, “the perps were ANTIFA and BLM anarchists.”
Congressional Leadership Fund stated on September 30, 2020 in 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.”
John James stated on September 27, 2020 in a television ad: Says Sen. Gary Peters “downplayed the pandemic” and “failed to act.”
Haley Stevens stated on September 29, 2020 in 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.”
Gary Peters stated on September 21, 2020 in 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.”
Fred Upton stated on September 8, 2020 in a campaign ad: Says House candidate Jon Hoadley voted to defund the police
Michigan Democratic Party stated on September 24, 2020 in 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
Kamala Harris stated on September 22, 2020 in a TV interview: “Only one” Black-owned restaurant in Michigan received a loan through the Paycheck Protection Program
Senate Majority PAC stated on September 4, 2020 in a Facebook ad: Says “John James supported Betsy DeVos’ agenda to cut public school funding and put it into wealthy private schools instead.”
Paul Junge stated on September 11, 2020 in 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."
Viral image stated on September 10, 2020 in 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.”
Donald Trump stated on September 10, 2020 in 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.”
Joe Biden stated on September 9, 2020 in a speech in Warren, Mich.: “Military COVID infected: 118,984. Military COVID deaths: 6,114.”
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.”
John James stated on August 26, 2020 in 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."
Paul Junge stated on July 16, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Rep. Elissa Slotkin “voted against condemning cyber attacks by the Chinese Communist Party on American organizations developing COVID-19 treatments.”
Donald Trump Jr. stated on August 15, 2020 in a tweet: “8% of the votes cast” in Michigan’s Aug. 4 primary, 864 mailed ballots, came from dead voters. “NOTHING TO SEE HERE!!!”
Michelle Obama stated on August 17, 2020 in 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.”
Eric Esshaki stated on July 10, 2020 in a campaign ad: Says Haley Stevens’ plan for “socialized medicine” would “eliminate 100,000 doctors and nurses.”
Facebook posts stated on July 19, 2020 in posts on Facebook: Michigan House “passes bill to ‘voluntarily’ begin placing human implantable microchips into the bodies of all state government employees”
Great Lakes News stated on July 22, 2020 in in a tweet: Says Gov. Gretchen Whitmer “defunded the Michigan State Police and the prisons.”
AFSCME stated on June 18, 2020 in an attack ad: Says John James "wants to allow insurance companies to discriminate against people with preexisting conditions.”
National Republican Senatorial Committee stated on July 6, 2020 in 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.”
Paul Junge stated on June 10, 2020 in 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.”
Rashida Tlaib stated on June 4, 2020 in a tweet: “Detroit spent $294 million on police last year, and $9 million on health.”