Senate candidate’s past tweets mock Middle America voters

Daily Report April 04,2025

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Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Mallory McMorrow’s past social media posts have resurfaced, revealing statements that appear to contradict her current political messaging about connecting with voters across America.

The 38-year-old state senator, who recently announced her bid for the 2026 Senate race to replace retiring Sen. Gary Peters, has been critical of her party’s leadership style. However, posts from after Donald Trump’s 2016 election victory show her taking aim at Middle America voters while defending coastal perspectives.

In the aftermath of the 2016 election, McMorrow endorsed views questioning the education levels of Trump supporters and shared concerns about their attitudes toward various minority groups. On Election Day 2016, she wrote: “We’ve downplayed the importance of quality education for all, replaced it with fear and blaming and anger, and here we are.”

She also aligned herself with a Twitter thread by then-journalist Patrick Thornton that stated: “All of this talk about coastal elites needing to understand more of America has it backwards. It is much of white working class America that needs to reach outside its comfort zone and meet people not like them. Many rural Americans have isolated themselves from the rest of the country. They live in very unrepresentative areas.”

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McMorrow added to this thread: “I’m from rural New Jersey, this rings 100%. Empathy should go both ways, but Trump’s base fears what they’ve never seen.”

Her social media history includes posts questioning Trump’s 2016 victory, suggesting possible Russian interference, and even contemplating a geographical split between coastal and middle America. In December 2016, she tweeted about a dream where “the US amicably broke off into The Ring (coasts+Can+Mex+parts Mich/Tex) and Middle America.”

The state senator’s past comments about Michigan, the state she now seeks to represent, have also drawn attention. She previously expressed frustration with Michigan’s weather and made light-hearted jabs at the University of Michigan, tweeting in support of her alma mater: “at least ‘ugh, Michigan’ is a sentiment we can all get behind. #GoIRISH 🍀”.

Campaign spokesman Andrew Mamo defended McMorrow’s posts, stating, “Mallory grew up in the social media era and like most normal people she engages in self-deprecating humor. These are normal tweets by a normal person, something Washington needs a lot more of.”

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In recent interviews, McMorrow has advocated for a different approach to Democratic leadership. “Instead of snubbing your nose at those people, which is the perception that a lot of people have of Democrats, is that we’re elitist and we’re academic, and we look down on people who don’t watch traditional Hollywood movies or engage in mainstream media — that’s the perception, and that’s why people are turning against Democrats,” she told Politico.

She further emphasized her frustration with current party leadership, telling The Associated Press: “I have been so frustrated seeing really a lack of a plan and a lack of a response coming from our current party leadership. It’s so lacking the urgency of this moment.”

The race to replace Peters has already seen notable figures like Pete Buttigieg and Governor Gretchen Whitmer decline to run, with former Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) emerging as McMorrow’s likely Republican opponent in the 2026 contest.