STATEMENT: Michigan Dem Chair Slams MIGOP For Racist Tweets About NCAA Basketball Teams Visiting for Sweet-Sixteen

LANSING - In response to MAGA extremist state Rep. Matt Maddock saying in social media posts, retweeted by MIGOP Chair Pete Hoekstra, that "illegal invaders" landed at Detroit airport, when in reality it was NCAA men's basketball teams touching down in our great state for March Madness, Chair of the Democratic Party Lavora Barnes released the following statement:

"Is this how Donald Trump suggested the MIGOP engage people of color in Michigan? These racist social media posts are more disgusting examples of how bigotry has rotted the Michigan Republican Party from top to bottom - they can't look at a basketball team without going into a conspiracy fueled frenzy. And it's not just the so-called fringe members - everyone from Pete Hoekstra to Matt Hall is clearly susceptible to these extreme views as they continue to carry water for Trump's MAGA agenda here in Michigan."

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