[9] Maddock promoted an unsubstantiated rumor on social media in 2022 that Midland Public Schools had placed litter boxes in the bathrooms for students who identified as cats or furries.
The school superintendent denied the rumor in a statement issued to parents, and the fact-checking organization Snopes found no evidence for it.
A tweet describing Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg as a "weak little girl" was criticized as sounding homophobic by George Takei.
A tweet describing a Black Michigan elected official as a "scary masked man" was criticized as sounding racist.
[15] In January 2021, Maddock helped organize a delegation of 19 buses to travel to Washington to protest the election results.
[16] The Michigan GOP chair later testified before the House committee on the January 6 attack that Maddock and the others planned to hide out in the state Capitol building so they could cast their fake elector ballots on the specified day.