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About Kathy Berden was first elected as a national committeewoman in 2015, representing Michigan on the Republican National Committee. She previously held numerous positions at the state and local levels of the GOP. In 2016, Berden was a delegate to the Republican National Convention bound to support Trump for president. She also worked on the … Read more
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About Jack Bergman (R-Mich.) has represented Michigan’s heavily Republican 1st Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2016. He won reelection in 2022 with 60% of the vote. Before joining Congress, Bergman worked as a commercial airline pilot and served as a lieutenant general in the Marines, making him the highest-ranking combat veteran … Read more
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Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election in Michigan with a count of 2,804,040 votes to Trump’s 2,649,852 votes.
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About On several occasions after the 2020 presidential election, Trump allies breached equipment used at polling locations around the country in search of evidence to support voting fraud conspiracy theories. The breaches have included unauthorized people stealing voting system passwords and posting them online, taking and distributing confidential voting software, and inspecting ballot-counting machines. These … Read more
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Sixteen Republican residents of Michigan attempted to subvert the results of the 2020 presidential election by submitting fake Electoral College documents to Congress as part of the Jan. 6. 2021 certification process.
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About The Family Research Council (FRC), a Christian Right activist organization in Washington, D.C., was founded in 1983 by a group of Christian evangelists, including James Dobson (who also founded Focus on the Family). FRC opposes and lobbies against access to pornography, embryonic stem-cell research, abortion, divorce, and LGBTQ rights (such as anti-discrimination laws, same-sex … Read more
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About Michigan State Police estimated that roughly 700–800 Trump supporters gathered in front of the state’s Capitol in Lansing to protest President Biden’s electoral victory. Rallygoers carried signs saying “Stop the steal” and “Fake virus,” and more than a dozen carried rifles. Member of the Proud Boys hate group were in attendance but the demonstration … Read more
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Kristina Karamo is a Michigan-based college professor, right-wing politician, activist, and pundit. In 2022, she ran for secretary of state in Michigan with Trump’s endorsement—and largely based her campaign on a call for more investigations of alleged election fraud—but lost by 14 points.
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About Thousands of people gathered at the Michigan state Capitol in Lansing on Nov. 7, 2020 to protest Joe Biden being declared the winner of the presidential election. A brawl broke out between attendees and counter protesters, and protests continued for weeks. White nationalist Nick Fuentes organized one of these rallies on Nov. 11.
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About Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) was first sworn in to the U.S. House of Representatives on Jan. 3, 2021, representing Michigan’s 10th Congressional District. She had never served in public office, but previously worked as an executive at American Express and Heinz. McClain ran for reelection in 2022—this time in the solidly Republican 9th District—with Trump’s … Read more