In the third part of The Right Take’s investigative deep dive into voter fraud in the 2020 election, Jacob and Eric look at the state of Michigan. From bizarre machine glitches that swung entire county elections, to suspiciously boarded-up windows at polling stations in Detroit, they come to differing conclusions as to whether or not the presidential election – as well as the concurrent U.S. Senate election – was stolen from Republicans in the Great Lakes State.
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Tipping the Michigan Scales before Election Day
02:07 Lawsuits, Affidavits, and Irregularities, and Outright Fraud
46:55 Aftermath
SHOWNOTES
Proposal 3, passed in 2018, allowed no-reason absentee voting for Michigan prior to 2020: https://www.mlive.com/politics/2020/11/inquiry-into-michigan-election-to-be-launched-by-republican-led-state-legislature.html
Judge in Michigan who allowed late-counting for ballots, Cynthia Stephens, is a BLM activist: https://nationalfile.com/michigan-judge-who-allowed-late-ballots-is-a-racial-activist-and-blm-supporter/
Monica Palmer, Republican chairwoman of the Wayne County (Detroit) Board of Canvassers, had advocated for better training for poll workers in August 2020: https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-government/post-election-detroit-braces-legal-challenges-its-results
Alleged clerical error led to a sudden ballooning of Biden’s vote total in Michigan: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/11/04/fact-check-typo-led-false-post-michigan-votes-biden/6164385002/
Suspicious wagons, coolers, and suitcases rolled into Detroit election center in the dead of night: https://texasscorecard.com/federal/video-wagons-suitcases-and-coolers-roll-into-detroit-voting-center-at-4-am/
Numerous containers allegedly contained camera equipment for a news crew: https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/election-2020/misleading-video-that-alleges-voter-fraud-in-michigan-actually-depicts-journalists-moving-equipment
Several thousand ballots were, in fact, delivered to polling place at once: https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-government/weeks-after-vote-13-fake-fraud-claims-persist-michigan-heres-truth
One van allegedly delivered 16,000 ballots: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2020/12/01/michigan-hearing-puts-spotlight-unproven-claims-election-fraud/6475762002/
Ballots were collected up until 8 PM on Election Night in Michigan: https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2021/02/05/gateway-pundit-video-doesnt-show-election-fraud-detroit/4411975001/
Multiple poll workers allege that a food truck delivered thousands of ballots through a back door in the early morning: https://www.cnn.com/business/live-news/election-2020-misinformation/h_a6f9f4db41324634af5cda8e5f252fab
RNC Chair Ronna Romney McDaniel discusses numerous instances of fraud with Sean Hannity: https://www.newsweek.com/rnc-chair-says-11000-people-have-come-forward-voter-fraud-claims-1546546
Biden allegedly saw an 85% share of one particular vote dump: https://epochtimes.today/statistical-anomalies-in-biden-votes-analyses-indicate/
Poll workers in Detroit boarded up windows to block people from seeing what they were doing: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-michigan/michigan-still-counting-votes-angry-poll-watchers-barred-in-detroit-trump-sues-idUSKBN27K2AQ
Multiple GOP poll watchers turned away: https://nationalfile.com/detroit-vote-counters-board-up-windows-turn-gop-observers-away-as-trump-voters-chant-let-us-in/
GOP observers locked out over “COVID rules:” https://nationalfile.com/video-detroit-gop-observers-locked-out-over-covid-rules-now-demanding-transparency/
White male observers were especially discriminated against: https://nationalfile.com/witness-white-male-gop-observers-were-targeted-in-detroit-poll-workers-screamed-get-these-mfs-out/
One poll worker described “cold, calculated fraud:” https://nationalfile.com/cold-calculated-fraud-detroit-poll-watcher-alleges-electioneering-phony-biden-ballots-discarded-trump-ballots/
Detroit poll workers used their bodies to block suspicious activities: https://nationalfile.com/witness-significantly-large-detroit-poll-worker-used-her-body-to-hide-ballot-book-from-legal-observers/
Alexandra Seely, a 27-year-old poll worker and registered Democrat, testified about the fraud she witnessed: https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/2020/12/03/trump-lawsuits-challenging-election-michigan-arizona-pennsylvania-georgia/6425725002/
Trump campaign filed lawsuit to halt the counting: https://www.usnews.com/news/elections/articles/2020-11-04/trump-team-files-lawsuit-in-michigan-to-halt-vote-count
BLM judge Cynthia Stephens throws out the lawsuit: https://nypost.com/2020/11/06/michigan-judge-blasts-trumps-poll-worker-fraud-claim-as-vague-hearsay/
Antrim County election results affected by Dominion voting machine error that showed Democrats in the lead; once the “error” was fixed, Republicans won: https://www.9and10news.com/2020/11/04/election-officials-in-antrim-county-investigate-skewed-election-results/
John James claimed fraud in his Senate campaign: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/john-james-campaign-alleges-lack-of-integrity-in-vote-count
Evidence of voter fraud out of Detroit’s TCF Center: https://thefederalist.com/2020/11/05/reports-of-election-fraud-keep-piling-up-in-michigan-whats-going-on/
Project Veritas video showing a postal worker claiming he was ordered to backdate mail-in ballots: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/11/claim-of-michigan-postal-fraud-is-moot/
Republican-led Michigan legislature announced investigation into voter fraud on November 6th: https://www.mlive.com/politics/2020/11/inquiry-into-michigan-election-to-be-launched-by-republican-led-state-legislature.html
Judge denies a petition to prevent Wayne County from certifying: https://upnorthlive.com/news/local/michigan-judges-ruling-counters-trump-campaign-claims
Joint State Senate and House Committee began issuing subpoenas of state records on absentee ballot applications, and other materials: https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-government/biden-defeats-trump-gop-launches-inquiry-michigan-election
Confirmed cases of voters voting on behalf of family members: https://www.hometownlife.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/11/10/canton-reports-two-cases-suspected-voter-fraud-attorney-general/6221376002/
Lawsuit filed by the Great Lakes Justice Center calling for an independent audit: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2020/11/09/detroit-lawsuit-alleges-new-problems-tcf-counting-center/6223885002/
City of Detroit and Wayne County try to explain discrepancies: https://www.mlive.com/politics/2020/11/republicans-in-voter-fraud-lawsuit-dont-understand-how-elections-function-city-of-detroit-says-in-response.html
Trump campaign filed a lawsuit to stop the certification of Wayne County: https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/trump-campaign-files-another-lawsuit-in-michigan-seeking-to-halt-ballot-certification
234 affidavits from 101 people in the Trump lawsuit: https://www.theblaze.com/news/affidavits-alleged-voting-regularities-in-michigan
Richard Baris claimed nearly 10,000 dead voters in Michigan: https://www.theepochtimes.com/10000-dead-people-returned-mail-in-ballots-in-michigan-analysis-shows_3573209.html?slsuccess=1
Trump campaign lawsuit against Ingham, Washtenaw, and Wayne counties: https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/2020/11/12/ingham-washtenaw-wayne-counties-targeted-election-lawsuit-trump/6265586002/
…which was eventually withdrawn: https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/11/15/michigan-a-lot-has-happened-since-election-day-heres-a-recap/6266731002/
Wayne County judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by a former MI Secretary of State calling for an audit: https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2020/11/michigan-judge-says-republicans-claims-are-incorrect-and-not-credible-in-voter-fraud-lawsuit.html
Black Voices for Trump filed a lawsuit in Michigan: https://www.mlive.com/politics/2020/11/as-one-michigan-lawsuit-challenging-election-results-is-dropped-another-is-filed.html
Court of Appeals reaffirms dismissal of former Sec. of State’s lawsuit: https://www.mlive.com/politics/2020/11/detroit-voter-fraud-court-case-dealt-another-blow-this-time-by-court-of-appeals.html
Wayne County Board of Canvassers initially tied 2-2 and failed to certify, but Republican members changed their votes after Antifa/BLM doxxing, harassment, and intimidation: https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-joe-biden-donald-trump-local-elections-michigan-64c18e12e0d409d9629871cda3c07293
A Muslim State Representative directly threatened the children of one of the board members: https://nationalfile.com/michigan-democrat-appeared-to-threaten-gop-officials-children-until-she-certified-election-results/
Wayne County Board of Canvassers Chairwoman Monica Palmer noted some discrepancies that led to her initial vote: https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2020/11/17/wayne-county-election-certification/6309668002/
Numerous discrepancies were found in Detroit back in 2016: https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-government/fact-squad-audit-wouldnt-change-outcome-biden-win-michigan
Both Wayne County Board of Canvassers members later regretted their decision to rescind their votes: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/19/trump-campaign-drops-michigan-election-lawsuit-rudy-giuliani-says.html
Trump campaign withdrew lawsuit after Wayne County Board of Canvassers fiasco: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetillman/giuliani-voter-fraud-lies-trump-lawsuit-michigan
Michigan Supreme Court denied an appeal to halt the certification of Wayne County: https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2020/11/23/michigan-supreme-court-justices-reject-appeal-examine-election-fraud-claims/6401370002/
Second lawsuit filed by Black Voices for Trump: https://nbc25news.com/news/local/lawsuit-filed-in-michigan-alleges-voter-fraud-requests-president-trump-be-named-winner
Michigan Senate scheduled new hearings on Detroit discrepancies: https://www.hollandsentinel.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/11/26/new-michigan-election-hearing-called-after-trump-campaign-touts-meeting/115052212/
Thomas More Society’s Amistad Project’s lawsuit asking the MI Supreme Court to seize all election materials: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2020/11/27/suit-asks-michigans-high-court-take-custody-all-ballots/6438804002/
Daily Signal article detailing instances of dead voters in Michigan: https://www.dailysignal.com/2020/12/01/4-takeaways-from-the-michigan-senates-election-fraud-hearing/
Former State Senator Patrick Colbeck’s testimony before the State Senate: https://www.fox17online.com/news/election-2020/michigan-senate-oversight-committee-hears-7-hours-of-testimony-over-detroit-absentee-ballot-counting
Colbeck says voting machines were connected to the Internet, ripe for fraud: https://nationalfile.com/watch-former-mi-state-senator-says-detroit-tabulation-machines-were-illegally-connected-to-the-web/
Witness Patty McMurry describes how Xerox copies were made of military ballots: https://nationalfile.com/video-detroit-ballot-counters-appeared-to-be-counting-xerox-copies-as-military-ballots/
Registered Democrat Jesse Jacob says she was instructed to backdate late ballots: https://yemeniamerican.com/en/giuliani-left-michigan-with-no-case-for-voter-fraud-but-got-everything-he-couldve-wanted/
Comprehensive list of major fraud allegations by Sharryl Atkisson: https://sharylattkisson.com/2020/12/what-youve-been-asking-for-a-fairly-complete-list-of-some-of-the-most-significant-claims-of-2020-election-miscounts-errors-or-fraud/
Melissa Carone’s testimony that she saw ballots being counted multiple times, all for Biden: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2020/12/01/michigan-hearing-puts-spotlight-unproven-claims-election-fraud/6475762002/
More witness testimony in Michigan, including suspicious truckloads of absentee ballots: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/dec/1/witnesses-tell-michigan-senate-panel-widespread-vo/
Judge refutes Carone’s testimony: https://www.michiganradio.org/politics-government/2020-12-02/aggrieved-republicans-offer-little-evidence-of-election-fraud-in-seven-hour-hearing
Other TCF workers testified that they were not able to get close enough to compare suspicious signatures: https://www.fox17online.com/news/election-2020/michigan-senate-oversight-committee-hears-7-hours-of-testimony-over-detroit-absentee-ballot-counting
Federal judge dismisses Sidney Powell’s lawsuit as “nothing but speculation and conjecture:” https://reason.com/2020/12/07/a-federal-judge-in-michigan-says-sidney-powells-election-fraud-claims-are-nothing-but-speculation-and-conjecture/
On March 9th, 2021, a Michigan judge struck down Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson’s directive that local election clerks presume absentee ballot signatures are valid: https://www.thecentersquare.com/michigan/michigan-judge-strikes-down-benson-election-signature-directive-as-invalid/article_41682338-8740-11eb-859f-d3563a550274.html
State audit’s results claimed no fraud in Michigan: https://www.michigan.gov/documents/sos/BOE_2020_Post_Election_Audit_Report_04_21_21_723005_7.pdf
State Senate release its own report claiming no fraud: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2021/06/23/michigan-senate-recommends-attorney-general-investigate-false-election-claims/5312166001/
Three Detroit residents charged with fraud in 2020: https://www.deadlinedetroit.com/articles/29001/three_metro_detroiters_charged_with_fraud_in_2020_election
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