This won’t sit well with Trump or his cult. Maybe they’ll storm the Michigan state house again. The bad news is Republicans want to use the unfounded claims to make it harder to vote.
Michigan Republican legislators issued a report finding no widespread fraud and Biden won. The only “audit” Republicans will accept is the one showing Trump won https://t.co/EeuLWjhMjF
— Michael McDonald (@ElectProject) July 14, 2021
Michigan Senate GOP leader Mike Shirkey, last week, defending election report that found no evidence of fraud: “The effort by those who are echoing Trump’s scenarios, I just think that they’re, frankly they’re actually destroying the fabric of our nation, and it’s a bit shameful”
— Jonathan Oosting (@jonathanoosting) July 6, 2021
Wow. “A long-awaited report on the 2020 election from a GOP-controlled Michigan Senate committee recommended that Democratic AG Dana Nessel consider investigating individuals who pushed false claims ‘to raise money or publicity for their own ends.’” 1/ https://t.co/pNcCipVtl0
— Jennifer Cohn ✍🏻 📢 (@jennycohn1) July 3, 2021
A report from a Republican-led Michigan State Senate committee debunks false claims about the 2020 election perpetuated by Trump allies in Michigan and other states. https://t.co/074z7yaTPn
— The New York Times (@nytimes) June 23, 2021
In a highly anticipated report, the Republican-led Michigan Senate Oversight Cmte. rebutted former President Trump's voter fraud claims, debunking claims of malfeasance in the state's election last fall and affirming that President Biden was victorious. https://t.co/r65ueDk2n0
— NBC Politics (@NBCPolitics) June 23, 2021
Michigan Republicans did a point-by-point debunking of the false Trumpworld claims you might recall: thousands of dead people voting in Detroit! Dominion stealing votes in Antrim County! All nonsense, as was (or should have been) clear all along. https://t.co/QOnwqGMU4k
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) June 23, 2021
Opinion | Susan Del Percio: Michigan Republicans reject Trump's election claims but still act like they're true. https://t.co/0zONi4RmcC – @NBCNewsTHINK
— NBC News (@NBCNews) June 28, 2021
Opinion | @BarbMcQuade: Trump’s disinformation campaign that the election was stolen from him continues to shape public policy. He has demonstrated that a lie, if repeated often enough, will be believed by many people. https://t.co/320yDKuReK
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) June 26, 2021
"It confirmed what over 250 audits, countless election officials, numerous court opinions and the majority of Michiganders also know to be true — that our election was secure, successful," MI Sec. of State Benson says about a new report by the state's GOP.https://t.co/pXdoUA2YB2
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) June 25, 2021
Michigan Republican Party co-chair Meshawn Maddock criticizes timing of Senate GOP panel report on seven-month investigation that found no evidence of widespread fraud in the state's 2020 election. Says Trump advisors "wanted a different approach from our legislature." pic.twitter.com/6hmGAtW1E6
— Jonathan Oosting (@jonathanoosting) June 25, 2021