{"id":2596582,"date":"2026-04-29T09:51:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T13:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mallory-mcmorrow-campaign-hit-with-old-tweets-showing-progressive-views\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T09:52:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T13:52:58","slug":"mallory-mcmorrow-campaign-hit-with-old-tweets-showing-progressive-views","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mallory-mcmorrow-campaign-hit-with-old-tweets-showing-progressive-views\/","title":{"rendered":"Mallory McMorrow campaign hit with old tweets showing progressive views"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmallory-mcmorrow-campaign-hit-with-old-tweets-showing-progressive-views%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2596582&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Democratic Michigan state Sen. Mallory McMorrow\u2019s bid for an open U.S. Senate seat could be complicated by older <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald ...\">social media posts<\/a> that resurfaced during the campaign. As one of three Democratic contenders to replace Sen. Gary Peters, she has marketed herself as a centrist choice to progressive candidate Abdul El-Sayed while also running against rep. Haley Stevens.<\/p>\n<p>According to a CNN examination of deleted tweets reviewed by reporters, McMorrow previously expressed support for Black lives Matter, compared President Trump and his supporters to Nazis, and made remarks that included \u201cWhite Privilege\u201d seminar praise and comments like \u201cCars are dead.\u201d The report also points to her positioning on issues such as immigration (supporting major ICE reform but not abolition) and healthcare (backing a \u201cpublic option\u201d), contrasting her more moderate stance with El-sayed\u2019s proposals.<\/p>\n<p>Other controversy areas mentioned include her refusal to directly say whether streamer Hasan piker is antisemitic-despite Piker\u2019s past statements-and suggestions she supports expanding the Supreme Court (a view that could raise questions about whether she will govern as a progressive despite presenting herself as a centrist). The investigation further raises questions about her past move from California to Michigan, noting she discussed california voting and residency in earlier posts even tho her autobiography says she relocated permanently in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>McMorrow\u2019s campaign told CNN that her relocation process was not complete until mid-2016, that she remained registered in California during that time, and that she voted absentee in the 2016 primary. Her supporters argue the tweets are typical of a normal person, and point to her legislative record.<\/p>\n<p>Polling cited in the piece shows McMorrow and El-Sayed in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-losses-with-hispanics-are-only-the-beginning\/\" title=\"Democrats&#039; Losses With Hispanics Are Only the Beginning\">dead heat ahead<\/a> of the August primary, while Republicans have largely rallied behind former Rep. Mike Rogers.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p>Democratic <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/michigan\/\">Michigan <\/a>state Sen. Mallory McMorrow\u2019s campaign for an open U.S. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate\/\">Senate<\/a> seat could face fallout over social media posts she made years ago that resurfaced on Wednesday. <\/p>\n<p>McMorrow is one of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/bridgemi.com\/michigan-government\/in-michigan-3-democrats-test-vision-of-affordability-in-us-senate-primary\/\">three Democratic candidates<\/a> competing to replace outgoing Sen. 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Haley Stevens (D-MI) and progressive candidate Abdul El-Sayed, deleted posts among nearly 6,000 tweets highlighted in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/04\/29\/politics\/kfile-mallory-mcmorrow-deleted-tweets\">a CNN investigation<\/a> show she supported the Black Lives Matter movement, compared President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a> and his supporters to Nazis, and contemplated a future without cars. <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The recovered tweets include comments where she said: \u201cI\u2019m particularly proud of my alma mater #NotreDame for offering a White Privilege seminar,<em>\u201c<\/em> and \u201cCars are dead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McMorrow has mostly positioned herself as the centrist alternative to El-Sayed. Though she believes Immigration and Customs Enforcement must be \u201cvastly reformed,\u201d she does not believe it should be abolished, in contrast to El-Sayed\u2019s position of complete elimination. McMorrow has been less critical of wealthy individuals than El-Sayed, who <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/wdet.org\/2026\/03\/16\/differences-within-democratic-party-separate-candidates-for-us-senate\/\">told WDET <\/a>he doesn\u2019t \u201cthink that our system should be in the business of creating billionaires.\u201d And while El-Sayed long supported fully eliminating and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/medicare-for-all-pac-urges-joe-bidens-support-gop-pushes-back\/\" title=\"\u2018Medicare for All\u2019 PAC urges Joe ...en\u2019s support, ... pushes back\">replacing private insurance<\/a> with Medicare before shifting his position during the campaign, McMorrow backs a \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/michiganadvance.com\/2026\/01\/30\/mcmorrow-says-el-sayed-flipped-on-medicare-for-all-experts-say-its-more-complex\/\">public option<\/a>\u201d for health plans, which would be a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >government-run insurance plan<\/a> that could be offered as an option on the current healthcare market.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the campaign for everybody,\u201d she <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wcmu.org\/local-regional-news\/2026-04-13\/mcmorrow-turns-in-senate-campaign-signatures-to-get-on-michigan-ballot\">said<\/a> in early April, describing herself as a \u201cpragmatic\u201d when asked if she identified as a progressive. <\/p>\n<p>However, she recently <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/jewishinsider.com\/2026\/04\/mallory-mcmorrow-michigan-democratic-party-convention-antisemitic-slur\/\">declined to say <\/a>she believes streamer Hasan Piker is antisemitic. Piker\u2019s involvement in campaigning for El-Sayed in the race has sparked controversy, due to his history of comments, such as he \u201cwould vote for Hamas over Israel every single time,\u201d which <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jvAN_N2OQJQ\">he said <\/a>earlier this month.\u00a0In addition, she has veered to the left on the Supreme Court, suggesting she backs adding more justices amid pushback against the court\u2019s conservative-leaning members.<\/p>\n<p>That could trigger concerns that McMorrow is campaigning as a centrist, but will govern as a progressive Democrat, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4451428\/spanberger-actions-progressive-democrat-byron-york\/\">similar to accusations <\/a>Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) has faced.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, McMorrow\u2019s now-deleted posts about her past affiliation with California could face scrutiny. McMorrow wrote in her <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Hate-Wont-Win-Power-Better\/dp\/0306835401\">2025 autobiography<\/a> that she \u201crelocated permanently\u201d from California to Michigan in 2014. But she <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20181105162657\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/MalloryMcMorrow\/status\/740012229324476416\">repeatedly<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20181105162656\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/MalloryMcMorrow\/status\/740242373817597952\">referenced<\/a> voting in California\u2019s June 2016 Democratic primary and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20181105162610\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/MalloryMcMorrow\/status\/755935512876253184\">described<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20200602185210\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/MalloryMcMorrow\/status\/755938535098638336\">herself in July 2016<\/a> as a constituent of California, according to the investigation. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had a dream that the U.S. amicably broke off into The Ring (coasts + Can + Mex + parts Mich\/Tex) and Middle America,\u201d she <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20181105162352\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/MalloryMcMorrow\/status\/810924740080791552\">wrote in December 2016<\/a>, marking her anger that Trump had won the presidential election. <\/p>\n<p>She also tweeted: \u201cThere are days like these that make me miss California even more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> reached out to McMorrow\u2019s campaign for comment. <\/p>\n<p>McMorrow\u2019s spokeswoman told CNN that the lawmaker\u2019s move from California to Michigan \u201cwas a process\u201d that was not complete until mid-2016, that she remained registered to vote in California during that time, and that she voted absentee in June 2016. Spokeswoman Hannah Lindow said McMorrow considers 2014 the start of that move.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese are normal tweets by a normal person,\u201d she said. \u201cAs Michigan\u2019s Senate majority whip, Mallory has spent the past eight years fighting and delivering to make people\u2019s lives better: higher wages, universal pre-K, no kid going hungry in schools, comprehensive gun violence prevention laws, and more. And she\u2019s tweeted about that too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4460164\/trump-endorsement-tracker-gop-2026-election-primaries\/\"><strong>TRUMP ENDORSEMENT TRACKER: HERE\u2019S WHO THE PRESIDENT HAS PICKED IN GOP MIDTERM ELECTION PRIMARIES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>McMorrow was first elected in 2018, flipping her district from red to blue after issuing an <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2022\/may\/24\/mallory-mcmorrow-speech-democrats-michigan-midterms\">olive branch<\/a> to voters across the aisle. <\/p>\n<p>Emerson College\u2019s most <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/polls\/michigan-us-senate-election-polls-2026.html\">recent polling <\/a>in the race shows McMorrow and El-Sayed in a dead heat ahead of the August primary. <\/p>\n<p>On the Republican side, the GOP has mostly consolidated behind former Rep. Mike Rogers, as he <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4494797\/mike-rogers-sentinel-action-fund-endorsement\/\">seeks to flip the seat<\/a> red for a second time following his narrow Senate loss in the 2024 cycle. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dem. Michigan Sen. 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