1. Matthew Maddock was born on December 11,1965 and is an American politician in the Republican Party serving as a member of the Michigan House of Representatives.
11 Facts About Matt Maddock
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Matt Maddock was expelled from the Republican caucus by Speaker Jason Wentworth in April 2022 for allegedly violating confidentiality rules.
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On November 6,2018, Matt Maddock was elected to his first term, where he represented the 44th district in the Michigan House of Representatives.
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In 2021, Matt Maddock proposed legislation to require fact-checkers who register with the International Fact Check Network to then register with the state of Michigan and fine them if they engaged in fact-checking without registration.
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In 2022, after redistricting, Matt Maddock was elected to the 51st district.
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In October 2020, Matt Maddock falsely claimed on Facebook that COVID-19 was less lethal than the flu.
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Matt Maddock routinely did not wear a face mask at the Capitol building; his wife, Michigan Republican Party co-chair Meshawn Maddock, made inaccurate claims on social media that the use of face coverings was "ineffective" and "harmful" and suggested that employers be sued over the matter.
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In November 2020, Matt Maddock introduced a resolution to impeach Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer over her COVID-19 shutdown orders; the resolution, introduced during a lame-duck session, did not gain the support of the Republican legislative leadership though the Michigan Supreme Court did rule the shutdown orders illegal a month later.
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Matt Maddock had promoted the false claim that the 2020 presidential election, in which Donald Trump was defeated by Joe Biden, was marred by election fraud.
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Matt Maddock was endorsed by Donald Trump on November 11,2021.
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On March 27,2024, Matt Maddock promoted the conspiracy theory that the governor of Michigan Gretchen Whitmer had invited a group of undocumented noncitizens to move to the city of Detroit in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter.