Republicans are spending over a million dollars to mislead Democratic voters about Matt Maasdam, because they know Matt is the strongest candidate to defeat Tom Barrett. 

A Republican-funded group posing as a progressive organization is running false attacks to manipulate the Democratic primary. It's the same playbook Republicans have used across the country: try to weaken the Democrat they fear most in the general election. 

Get the Facts about Matt Maasdam: 

• Matt lived in Pensacola, Florida after college because he was stationed there in the Navy.

• Matt was raised in a conservative family. When he registered to vote nearly 30 years ago, he followed their lead. 

• But after just a few years in the real world Matt realized that his values align much more with the Democratic Party.

• Matt was proud to vote for President Barack Obama, and even prouder to serve him in the White House as his Military Aide and carry the nuclear codes for him. 

• Matt was endorsed by Democratic U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin. 

• He would be the first Democratic Navy SEAL in the House of Representatives. 

• Matt is running on an anti-corruption platform: he wants to get dark money out of politics, ban stock trading by politicians, and doesn’t take any corporate PAC money. 

Republicans are attacking Matt for one reason: They don't want to run against him. Their strategy is to confuse Democratic voters in the primary because they believe Matt Maasdam is the Democrat most likely to defeat Tom Barrett and flip Michigan's 7th District.