Mallory McMorrow deletes old tweets after launching Michigan senate campaign

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Originally posted by: Post Millenial

“I had a dream that the U.S. amicably broke off into The Ring (coasts + Can + Mex + parts Mich/Tex) and Middle America.”

Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Mallory McMorrow deleted roughly 6,000 posts from her social media accounts, a move that has since triggered questions about the nature of the removed material and what it may show about her past statements and timeline of residence.

The deletions have become a flashpoint in Michigan’s Senate primary cycle, where McMorrow is among the leading Democratic contenders. According to reporting cited reviews of her online activity, the removed posts include content that appears to conflict with her publicly stated timeline for moving to Michigan. In her 2025 autobiography, McMorrow said she “relocated permanently” to Michigan in 2014. However, a CNN KFile review of earlier social media posts reportedly found references suggesting she may still have been living in California as late as 2016, prompting renewed questions about the accuracy of that account.

Those posts include references to voting in California’s June 2016 primary election, as well as a July 2016 post in which she described herself as a constituent of a California member of Congress. The discrepancy has drawn attention because it appears to diverge from her published account of when she became a Michigan resident.

Her past commentary on voting has also resurfaced in coverage of the issue. In 2024, McMorrow criticized a voter for participating in an election in a state where they no longer lived, calling the act “illegal.”

Separately, some of the deleted posts have drawn attention for their political and cultural commentary. In one 2016 message, McMorrow described a dream involving a fragmented United States divided into regions. “I had a dream that the U.S. amicably broke off into The Ring (coasts + Can + Mex + parts Mich/Tex) and Middle America,” she wrote in December 2016.

A spokesperson for McMorrow, Hannah Lindow, defended the removal of posts, saying “deleting tweets prior to 2020 is standard for candidates and McMorrow’s move was a process rather than a single event.”

McMorrow is running in a closely watched Senate race in Michigan, a state considered politically competitive. The seat is viewed as strategically significant in the broader balance of power in the Senate, with Democrats currently holding one of only two Senate seats in states carried by Donald Trump in 2024.

Local outlets are downplaying McMorrow’s controversy. Detroit Metro Times, which noted that criticism of McMorrow’s deleted posts may be overstated and pointed to longstanding frustrations she has expressed about Michigan weather and infrastructure, describing such sentiments as common among residents. The outlet also referenced her background in automotive-related design and her legislative support for transportation funding initiatives.

McMorrow has proven that she has a hard time keeping private thoughts to herself. Last year, McMorrow said during a discussion that she would have difficulty controlling her reaction if she encountered conservative Supreme Court Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Brett Kavanaugh in public.

While speaking about the Supreme Court and her frustration with its decisions, McMorrow questioned whether attempting to engage with the justices through letters or phone calls was effective. “Is there any sense in dealing with the Supreme Court, writing them, calling them?” she asked. “I blame them for a lot. I don’t know what to do about that, you know. I call, but I just don’t know if it’s a waste of time.”

McMorrow, a graduate of the University of Notre Dame, specifically referenced school alumna Justice Barrett, saying that her appointment reflected poorly on the university. She also recounted a recent conversation in which someone told her they had seen Barrett and Kavanaugh together at a tailgate. “I was like, I would not be able to control myself,” McMorrow said. “That would be bad. There would be beers thrown in people’s faces.”