Matthew Maddock (born December 11, 1965) is an American politician in the Republican Party serving as a member of the Michigan House of Representatives.
In November 2020, Maddock and other Trump supporters protested at the TCF Center at Detroit to challenge the counting of votes because they felt the legal process was not being followed.
"[16] In December 2020, Maddock and Daire Rendon joined a federal lawsuit filed by Trump supporters to challenge the election results.
Responding to such calls, Pence replied in a letter to Congress, "It is my considered judgment that my oath to support and defend the Constitution constrains me from claiming unilateral authority to determine which electoral votes should be counted and which should not.
After the violent attack on the Capitol, Meshawn Maddock said that the rally was intended to be a "peaceful event"; that the people who "became a mob and broke the law should be held accountable"; and that she was "horrified by the death of the young woman and pray for the healing of our nation.
At an August 2023 legal defense fundraiser at his home, Maddock told attendees that "if the government continues to weaponize these departments against conservatives" that someone would be shot "or we're going have a civil war or some sort of revolution.
"[25] On March 27, 2024, 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[26] in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter.
[27] In fact, the buses were chartered to transport the Gonzaga University men's basketball team to compete in an NCAA Sweet 16 tournament game against the Purdue Boilermakers at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit.