Tudor Dixon

Tudor Dixon (née Makary; born May 5, 1977) is an American politician, businesswoman and conservative political commentator.

[14] In May 2021, Dixon announced her candidacy to become the Republican Party's nominee for Governor of Michigan in the 2022 election, seeking to challenge incumbent Democrat Gretchen Whitmer.

[17][18][19] In a May 2022 debate, when asked, "Do you believe Donald Trump legitimately won the 2020 election in Michigan?," Dixon responded, "Yes.

[23] Dixon was endorsed by Trump,[24] the DeVos family,[25] former acting director of national intelligence Richard Grennell,[3] representative for Michigan's 2nd congressional district Bill Huizenga,[26] GOP House Conference Chair Elise Stefanik,[27] and former Democratic representative for Hawaii's 2nd congressional district Tulsi Gabbard.

[43][44] In a June 2020 episode of her show, Dixon invoked a conspiracy theory that the COVID-19 pandemic was part of a plot that Democrats have planned for decades in order to topple the United States.

[46][47] In order to establish Education Savings Accounts, she has called for the repeal of the state's constitutional provision prohibiting public funding of private schools.

[46] Dixon proposed a piece of legislation that would ban teachers from talking about sexual orientation or gender identity with K-3 students.

[48] She called for the resignation of the leader of Michigan's Department of Education due to LGBT training materials, stating that "our schools are laboratories for their social experiments and our children are their lab rats.

[50] Critics highlighted the lack of evidence for such events in Michigan schools,[6] and they pointed out that drag shows were not defined in the bill.

[50] Dixon has made public comments that have been condemned as racist by a journalist and an activist, such as defending the usage of blackface.

[51] She thinks that Planned Parenthood aims to control the black population and that the George Floyd protests were part of a scheme by Democrats to take down Donald Trump.

[58] Dixon has criticized Gretchen Whitmer for her order to shut down the Line 5 pipeline, arguing that the closing will only lead to an increase in energy prices.

Dixon campaigning with Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin