Michigan

9 statements across 4 episodes · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Nov 4, 2020 by David Sacks · said 94 times in 31 episodes since 2020 · across every show →

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Everything said about Michigan, oldest first

Nov 4, 2020
Prediction Held up
Sacks predicts 2020 election will come down to PA, MI, and courts
“This is going to come down to Pennsylvania, Michigan, and it's going to take days to do those counts and we're probably gonna end up in the courts.”
David Sacks Nov 4, 2020 ▶ 2:30:36 E11: Election Night Special featuring Phil Hellmuth, Bill Gurley, Brad Gerstner & more!
Nov 4, 2020 bullish
Prediction Didn’t hold up
Gerstner predicts Donald Trump will win Michigan in 2020 election
“Michigan's gonna go to Trump.”
Brad Gerstner Nov 4, 2020 ▶ 2:12:04 E11: Election Night Special featuring Phil Hellmuth, Bill Gurley, Brad Gerstner & more!
Nov 4, 2020 positive
Assertion Partly supported
Gerstner: Biden wins Michigan if he matches 2016 margins in Detroit and Ann Arbor
“If Biden wins Ann Arbor and Detroit by the same percentage as 2016, that's 420,000 Biden incremental votes versus the 300,000 current Trump lead. Just apply the math and he wins Michigan.”
Brad Gerstner Nov 4, 2020 ▶ 2:53:14 E11: Election Night Special featuring Phil Hellmuth, Bill Gurley, Brad Gerstner & more!
Nov 4, 2020
Assertion Contradicted
Michael Newman: Pennsylvania and Michigan cannot tabulate votes until polls close
“Pennsylvania, unfortunately, and Michigan as well, are states that aren't allowed to start tabulating until all the polls are closed.”
Michael Newman Nov 4, 2020 ▶ 1:05:16 E11: Election Night Special featuring Phil Hellmuth, Bill Gurley, Brad Gerstner & more!
Nov 4, 2020 neutral
Prediction Held up
Newman: 2020 election results in key swing states could take until weekend
“Unfortunately, all four of those states are going to probably take at least a day. Arizona, three days, I think, to count. Maybe not this year because So much of the vote was early. Maybe it'll move faster, but they are notoriously slow counters. So settle in.…”
Michael Newman Nov 4, 2020 ▶ 1:07:33 E11: Election Night Special featuring Phil Hellmuth, Bill Gurley, Brad Gerstner & more!
Nov 4, 2020
Assertion Supported
Sacks: Trump must sweep Georgia, Michigan, and Pennsylvania to win
“Trump now has to win Georgia, Michigan, and Pennsylvania in order to win the presidency. If Biden wins any one of those three states, he wins. He has to be a three for three in Georgia, Pennsylvania, and Michigan.”
David Sacks Nov 4, 2020 ▶ 2:52:33 E11: Election Night Special featuring Phil Hellmuth, Bill Gurley, Brad Gerstner & more!
Sep 12, 2023
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Ro Khanna: Democrats cannot win Rust Belt states without addressing industrial loss
“Until other people in the Democratic Party can speak to folks in places like Pennsylvania, Michigan, Ohio, about the loss that they have felt in, ah, industry and can connect and have a real vision there, they're not going to be able to win those states.”
Ro Khanna Sep 12, 2023 ▶ 27:40 All-In Summit: Ro Khanna on China, political reform, major challenges facing the US and more
Aug 30, 2024 negative
Assertion Partly supported
Sachs: Democratic groups in Michigan and Wisconsin maneuvered against third-party candidates
“So in, in Michigan and Wisconsin, you had Democratic groups, they fought RFK Jr.'s bid to get on the ballot. Okay, they failed. Now he wants to get off the ballot, but they won't take him off now that they think that his presence hurts Trump. And at the same t…”
David Sacks Aug 30, 2024 ▶ 48:25 In conversation with Reid Hoffman & Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Sep 7, 2025 neutral
Disclosure
Palihapitiya is building a Michigan battery factory to de-lever from China
“I am a person that started a business that is building a factory to make batteries in my specific example in Michigan. So to D lever away from China for the battery supply chain.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Sep 7, 2025 ▶ 35:13 Inside the White House Tech Dinner, Weak Jobs Report, Tariffs Court Challenge, Google Wins Antitrust
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