Harry Sawicki Chooses Attention Over Leadership

Entry Overview: When major events dominate the news, Harry Sawicki has repeatedly used them to post sensational and debunked claims on social media. Rather than demonstrating leadership or focusing on the issues affecting his district, Sawicki has spent years chasing attention online.

Key Facts:

• In 2013, Sawicki shared posts questioning the Sandy Hook shootings where 20 early elementary students and 6 educators were gunned down.

• Sawicki has also questioned the birthplace of Obama.

Why it Matters: People expect a state senator to focus on the problems facing their community. Instead, Harry Sawicki has spent years posting debunked conspiracy theories and other attention-grabbing content on social media. That raises a simple question: if this is what he chooses to spend his time on now, what kind of priorities would he bring to Lansing?

Full Entry: Harry Sawicki has spent years using social media to amplify sensational claims tied to major national events.

After the Sandy Hook school shooting, he shared posts questioning what happened rather than expressing concern for the victims and their families. He also promoted claims questioning Obama's birthplace.

What stands out is the pattern. When a major news story captures public attention, Sawicki injects himself into the conversation by sharing provocative claims. Yet there is little evidence that these posts reflected a genuine effort to investigate the issues or even a belief in the idea. Instead, they appear to follow the news cycle, attract attention, and then give way to the next controversy.

Harry Sawicki has spent years posting things that get people arguing online. From Sandy Hook to Barack Obama’s birthplace, he keeps coming back to conspiracy theories instead of talking about the issues we deal with everyday. You have to wonder why someone who wants to represent us spends so much time chasing the next online controversy.