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When basketball players were coming for the NCAA Tournament, a Republican politician in Michigan falsely claimed that buses at the Detroit airport were being “loaded up with illegal invaders,” in an attempt to incite anti-immigrant sentiment.
State Representative Matt Maddock shared two images from the Detroit Metropolitan Airport on X on Wednesday night. One of the images featured an airplane parked on the tarmac, while the other featured a line of busses.
“Currently taking place,” he wrote. “At Detroit Metro, three busses were just filled with illegal immigrants. Does anyone know where they are going with their police bodyguard?
A Wayne County Airport Authority spokesman promptly refuted Maddock’s allegation, telling the Detroit Free Press that the buses were, in fact, for men’s basketball players visiting the city for the NCAA Tournament. The Gonzaga men’s basketball team, which arrived in Detroit that evening, and tweets from a local reporter were among the additional context that X users provided to the lawmaker’s post.
However, Maddock stepped up.
“Our country is being overrun with 100,000 illegal immigrants. We are aware that Michigan is the location. He added, “Our own governor is offering money to take them in!” in part on X, alluding to a Michigan program that provides rent subsidies to citizens in exchange for their assistance in housing refugees and other recent immigrants.
The Republican legislator additionally addressed a number of Maddock has consistently repeated Donald Trump’s assertions that the 2020 election was rigged. He is wed to Meshawn Maddock, a former co-chair of the Michigan GOP and one of the sixteen individuals charged in her state in 2020 with the “fake electors” scam. (She entered a not guilty plea.)
Similar to Trump and numerous other Republicans, Matt Maddock has been an outspoken opponent of the federal government’s immigration policies. Additionally, he is willing to overlook the following facts since he is so focused on proving his point: The Associated Press contacted Maddock, who declined to acknowledge that the vehicles were reserved for basketball players.
