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2024-09-28 10:04:59 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 6978CB5579F93A1489DC50FED5C3F2D663D917B15A1E85B752837D3E2C087473
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There is no evidence that Trump won "Man of the Year" in Michigan around 20 years ago. The award he claims to have won doesn't even exist. This false claim has been repeatedly debunked. https://www.factcheck.org/2019/08/trumps-dubious-michigan-man-of-the-year-boast/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-michigan-man-year-award/ https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/16/politics/fact-check-donald-trump-michigan-man-of-the-year/index.html https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-trump-insists-he-was-named-man-year-michigan-1955652 https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/the-time-trump-claimed-he-won-a-fake-man-of-the-year-award.html https://edition.cnn.com/2019/08/16/politics/donald-trump-michigan-man-of-the-year-fact-check/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/20/politics/video/dale-trump-man-of-year-award-fact-check-nr-digvid https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/19/politics/fact-check-donald-trump-fictional-stories/index.html#:~:text=Since%202016%2C%20Trump%20has%20told%20a%20lie%20that%20he%20was%20named%20%E2%80%9CMan%20of%20the%20Year%E2%80%9D%20in%20Michigan%20before%20he%20entered%20politics.%20Media%20outlets%20including%20CNN%20have%20repeatedly%20noted%20that%20Trump%20never%20got%20such%20an%20award%20and%20that%20the%20award%20doesn%E2%80%99t%20even%20appear%20to%20exist https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2019/08/17/ridiculist-trump-michigan-man-of-the-year-ac360-vpx.cnn https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/21/politics/fact-check-trump-michigan-man-of-the-year-again/index.html#:~:text=He%20tells%20a%20story%20about%20how%20he%20was%20once%20named%20Michigan%E2%80%99s%20%E2%80%9CMan%20of%20the%20Year%2C%E2%80%9D%20though%20there%20is%20no%20evidence%20this%20ever%20happened https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-claimed-again-he-won-michigan-award-doesnt-exist-2022-4 https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-michigan-man-of-the-year-award-actually-gettysburg-address-2019-8 https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2019/08/trumps-michigan-man-of-the-year-boast-debunked-by-former-gop-congressman.html https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2019/08/president-trump-repeats-dubious-claim-he-was-michigans-man-of-the-year.html https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-michigan-man-of-year_n_5820a413e4b0aac62485af81 https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-michigan-man-of-the-year-dave-trott-gettysburg-address_n_5d574ae8e4b0eb875f23df76 https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-michigan-rally-man-of-the-year-award-b2049947.html https://www.wxyz.com/news/region/oakland-county/former-michigan-rep-dave-trott-says-president-trump-did-not-win-man-of-the-year-in-michigan https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-michigan-man-year-no-award-1454776 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmxHRXzBbCg https://x.com/ChadLivengood/status/1836182062006476915 https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/donald-trump-makes-up-a-lot-of-awards-66928197765 https://www.deadlinedetroit.com/articles/32115/trump_at_grand_rapids_rally_lies_again_about_being_michigan_man_of_the_year
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