{"id":1030392,"date":"2024-03-29T00:19:41","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T00:19:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1030392"},"modified":"2024-05-10T16:49:43","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T16:49:43","slug":"trump-backed-michigan-politicians-unhinged-racist-tweet-about-a-mens-basketball-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-backed-michigan-politicians-unhinged-racist-tweet-about-a-mens-basketball-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump-Backed Michigan Politician\u2019s Unhinged Racist Tweet About\u2026 A Men\u2019s Basketball Team?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In response to Donald Trump-backed Michigan State Rep. Matt Maddock spewing racist rhetoric about the Gonzaga men\u2019s basketball team, <\/em>DNC Spokesperson Aida Ross released the following statement: <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMatt Maddock decided to spew disgusting, racist conspiracy theories about a college basketball team rather than take two seconds to realize what was going on \u2014 unsurprising from a Republican who Donald Trump has given a \u2018complete and total endorsement\u2019 to and said he\u2019s with \u2018all the way.\u2019 Both Maddock and his wife already have plenty of experience parroting Trump\u2019s dangerous rhetoric: they both went all in on Trump\u2019s Big Lie that the 2020 election was stolen and Maddock\u2019s wife was even part of the fake elector scheme in Michigan to overturn the will of the voters. Republicans shouldn\u2019t expect anything less than another total loss at the ballot box next November.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maddock welcomed the Gonzaga men\u2019s basketball team by spewing Trump\u2019s dangerous anti-immigrant rhetoric.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Trump proudly endorsed Maddock while he was running to be Michigan House Leader, saying he was \u201cwith [him] all the way\u201d because he supports the Big Lie. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Detroit News<\/a>: \u201cFormer President Donald Trump threw his support Thursday behind Michigan Rep. Matt Maddock, one of his most committed followers in the Legislature, as Maddock campaigns to be the next state House GOP leader. Maddock, a second-term Republican lawmaker from Milford who has advanced Trump\u2019s unproven claims that the 2020 election was stolen, <\/strong>posted Thursday a photo of a printed Detroit News story about his run to be the caucus\u2019s leader next term. The document appeared to be signed and edited by Trump. \u2018I am with you all the way,\u2019<\/strong> the message above Trump\u2019s apparent signature said. \u2018Also, you have a great wife.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c<\/strong>If Michigan drains the Lansing swamp, it will take a leader like Matt Maddock to do it,\u2019 Trump\u2019s statement said. \u2018Matt is running for re-election. He has my complete and total endorsement. We need leadership in Michigan who will investigate and document the 2020 voter fraud, the crime of the century.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Maddock and his wife Meshawn, parroting Trump\u2019s baseless lies about the 2020 election is a family affair. Meshawn took part in the 2020 fake elector scheme in Michigan at the Trump campaign\u2019s command.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CNN<\/a>: In a December 2020 radio interview reviewed by CNN\u2019s KFile, Meshawn Maddock, one of the 16 fake electors in Michigan charged by the state attorney general for the alleged scheme, detailed the Trump campaign-directed plan<\/strong> and said the crucial decision on which electors to use would ultimately rest with a constitutional attorney and Vice President Mike Pence and Congress\u2026 Maddock, the wife of a conservative member of the state legislature, would go on to serve as co-chair of the Michigan Republican Party after the 2020 election and preside over historic losses for Michigan Republicans in the 2022 midterms.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

 \u201cDespite Trump losing the state by more than 150,000 votes, Maddock and 15 others signed phony certificates claiming to be the legitimate electors from the state just days before the interview and attempted to enter their state capitol to deliver the votes.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michigan Advance<\/a>: \u201cOutside of the building, a small group of Trump supporters rallied, with some Republicans staging an attempt to submit to police at the Capitol a fake slate of GOP electors, which is not legal. Among them were state Reps. Daire Rendon (R-Lake City) and Matt Maddock (R-Milford). <\/strong>Both signed on to the longshot Texas lawsuit that sought to toss election results in Michigan and three other states. Seventeen other Michigan lawmakers supported the case. The U.S. Supreme Court rejected it on Friday.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michigan Advance<\/a>: \u201cMichigan Republican Party Co-Chair Meshawn Maddock said former President Donald Trump\u2019s campaign directed the operation to have 16 fake Electoral College delegates submit a certificate declaring Trump the winner of the state\u2019s electoral votes in December 2020.<\/strong> \u2018We fought to seat the electors. The Trump campaign asked us to do that,\u2019 <\/strong>Maddock is heard saying at a public event last week organized by the right-wing group, Stand Up Michigan, per audio obtained by CNN. \u2018I\u2019m under a lot of scrutiny for that today.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In response to Donald Trump-backed Michigan State Rep. Matt Maddock spewing racist rhetoric about the Gonzaga men\u2019s basketball team, DNC Spokesperson Aida Ross released the following statement:  \u201cMatt Maddock decided to spew disgusting, racist conspiracy theories about a college basketball team rather than take two seconds to realize what was going on \u2014 unsurprising from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1030392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nTrump-Backed Michigan Politician\u2019s Unhinged Racist Tweet About\u2026 A Men\u2019s Basketball Team? - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-backed-michigan-politicians-unhinged-racist-tweet-about-a-mens-basketball-team\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-03-29T00:19:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-10T16:49:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?w=1024\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-backed-michigan-politicians-unhinged-racist-tweet-about-a-mens-basketball-team\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-backed-michigan-politicians-unhinged-racist-tweet-about-a-mens-basketball-team\/\",\"name\":\"Trump-Backed Michigan Politician\u2019s Unhinged Racist Tweet About\u2026 A Men\u2019s Basketball Team? 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