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6 October
10:36 pm

your running mate actually passed public act two thirty three that ramrods these data centers down people's throats

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John James, at Michigan Governor General Election Debate (WOOD TV8)

10:36 pm
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Why we checked itSpecific legislative claim — Public Act 233 — attributed to the opponent's running mate, asserting it forces data centers on communities. Worth verifying whether the act exists, what it does, and who passed it.
What we foundPublic Act 233 exists and does reduce local control over large-scale energy siting in ways that affect data center development, but the claim that Benson's running mate Winnie Brinks 'passed' it is not supported by the official record, and the law's direct subject is renewable energy siting, not data centers.
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