Homegrown political lies grow in the soil of racism, fertilized by liberal application of stupidity. Such was the anti-immigrant lie spread loud and wide by Michigan legislator Rep. Matt Maddock (R) who denounced the arrival of “illegal invaders” landing at a Michigan airport. But the dark-skinned people he saw and instantly hated on were not immigrants: they were the Gonzaga University basketball team, arriving in Detroit to play in a March Madness Sweet 16 game. The Hill reported:
“Happening right now. Three busses just loaded up with illegal invaders at Detroit Metro. Anyone have any idea where they’re headed with their police escort?” Maddock wrote on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.”
Even after widespread exposure of his lie, Maddock refused to retract it, instead spewing more anti-immigrant hate.
Such stupid slanders flourish on social media, alongside more sophisticated propaganda from Russian government-connected actors.
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Mary Turck