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Michigan State Representative Matt Maddock confused a Gonzaga's men's basketball team buses for 'illegal invaders'.
The Bulldogs touched down at Detroit Metro Airport Wednesday night ahead of their Sweet 16 game against the top-seeded Purdue at Little Caesar's Arena in Detroit on Friday.
However, the team's arrival in The Motor City drew the ire of GOP Representative Maddock.
Maddock, who claims he's endorsed by former President Donald Trump in his X bio, shared photos of Gonzaga's plane - an Allegiant Airways plane - and the three team buses waiting at the end of the runway to X.
He claimed the buses, which appeared to have a police escort, had been loaded up with 'illegal invaders'.
Michigan State Representative Matt Maddock confused a Gonzaga's men's basketball team buses for 'illegal invaders' on Wednesday night
Maddock shared photos of the team buses at Detroit Metro Airport, claiming they were loaded with 'illegal invaders' forcing X's factchecker to issue a correction
The Bulldogs arrived in Detroit ahead of their Sweet 16 game against the top-seeded Purdue
'Happening right now. Three busses just loaded up with illegal invaders at Detroit Metro. Anyone have any idea where they're headed with their police escort?' he posted, tagging Pete Hoekstra, Michigan GOP chairman.
But Maddock, an election denier who has predicted another US civil war, was left humiliated when X's factchecker was forced to add a footnote to his post, clarifying that the buses were in fact carrying the basketball team, not illegal immigrants.
'The buses and police escort are for the Gonzaga University men's basketball team, who are playing a Sweet Sixteen game at Little Caesar's Arena in Detroit on Fri. 3/29,' the warning read, adding four links to tweets correcting Maddock's post.
Despite being corrected by the social media platform, Maddock doubled down on his claim Thursday morning.
'We know this is happening. 100,000's of illegals are pouring into our country,' he added in the thread
