No, Gov. Whitmer has not defunded the Michigan State Police
File this one under "fake news."
A tweet from a news site called Great Lakes News posted on Wednesday has been making the rounds on social media, claiming that Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has defunded Michigan's police.
"BREAKING NEWS: @GovWhitmer has defunded the Michigan State Police and the prisons," the tweet says. "Executive Order 2020-155 slashes tens of millions from the Michigan State Police and Department of Corrections. Developing...."
The tweet has been shared thousands of times. Curiously, it doesn't link to a story, and no such story exists on the Great Lakes News website. (The tagline under the masthead reads: "Honest, Accurate, and Unbiased."
Read more: https://www.metrotimes.com/news-hits/archives/2020/07/23/no-gov-whitmer-has-not-defunded-the-michigan-state-police
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