I normally try to make the blog a political free zone. I am somewhat of a centrist, and so to be honest, neither political party seems to be representing me well. But in this case, I couldn’t resist.

I have most of my news feeds on my phone about March Madness – I can’t possibly follow every thing, but I am trying as hard as I can. So I was a little surprised to see something about a Michigan GOP legislator – surprised enough to look at it.

And I almost died laughing at the absurdity. Michigan state representative, Rep. Matt Maddock – posted a picture on X of an Allegiant Air flight landing at Detroit Metro Airport with three buses having a police escort. So, the far-right Republican decided to continue the conspiracy theory about illegal immigrants being shipped into major cities. Here was his quote:

“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?”

Of course, everyone was quick to help out the Michigan representative. Here is the quote from the CNN article.

“The only Allegiant Air flight to the airport on Wednesday was a charter flight that carried the team from Gonzaga University, which plays Purdue University on Friday.“

The comments on his post were a bunch of Gonzaga fans stating that it was the Gonzaga Basketball team and the police escort was taking the team to the Sweet 16.

At least in this case, the only people who should be scared of those who were on that plane are Purdue fans. Oh wait – that is me – maybe they should send a few of the starters home – definitely at least check their papers.

Joking aside, I don’t want to see anyone win a game because of politics. I hope that everyone – fans and definitely players safely get to their Sweet 16 arenas.