'Illegal Invaders' Michigan Lawmaker Loses It Over Gonzaga Basketball Team's Bus Trip To Detroit

Michigan State Representative Matt Maddock doesn’t exactly have the best track record of being right. He was wrong about COVID-19 being less deadly than the flu, and he was definitely wrong about the results of the 2020 presidential election. This time around, CNN reports that he was wrong about buses being full of “illegal invaders,” as the passengers on those buses were actually the Gonzaga men’s basketball team on its way to play Purdue in the NCAA college basketball tournament.

“Happening right now. Three busses [sic] just loaded up with illegal invaders at Detroit Metro. Anyone have any idea where they’re headed with their police escort?” Maddock tweeted along with two photos, the first showing three buses and a few police cars and the second showing part of an Allegiant Air airplane.

That was, of course, nothing more than a racist conspiracy theory that on its face required the kind of brain worms only acquired from a steady diet of only getting your news from the One America News Network to buy. Unfortunately for the rest of us, there’s no requirement to be grounded in reality for your vote to count, and those people all vote in droves.

The Wayne County Airport Authority wasted no time shutting down Maddock’s nonsense, telling CNN, “The four men’s basketball teams competing in the NCAA Tournament’s Sweet 16 at Little Caesars Arena arrived at DTW Wednesday evening. The buses seen in a photograph circulating online were transporting the basketball teams and their respective staffs.”