Mallory McMorrow’s Deleted Tweets Spark Residency and Rhetoric Controversy

Michigan state senator Mallory McMorrow, a Democratic Senate candidate, deleted thousands of tweets after a 2025 New York Post story highlighted controversial posts. The purge removed posts from 2014-2020, including remarks about Michigan, “Middle America,” and comparisons of Donald Trump to Nazis.

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McMorrow’s autobiography says she moved to Michigan in 2014; a 2015 interview suggests 2015, and Instagram shows her Los Angeles apartment vacated in March 2016. Tweets through July 2016 still list her as a California constituent, and she voted absentee in the June 2016 California primary. Records show Michigan voter registration in August 2016, and the relocation was not complete until mid-2016.

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Wayback snapshots show about 6,000 deleted posts; the account held over 20,000 tweets in 2022 and now shows roughly 13,900. Deleted material included Black Lives Matter commentary, car-free jokes, a Notre Dame white-privilege seminar, an avocado-wall quip, Nazi-Trump comparisons, nostalgic California remarks, and complaints about Michigan weather.

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Communications director Hannah Lindow called the removal “pretty standard for candidates,” described the tweets as “normal tweets by a normal person,” confirmed McMorrow remained a California voter through mid-2016 and voted absentee, said the relocation was not complete until then, and stood by her Michigan-weather comment, declining to specify which positions she disavows.

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Critics cite deleted posts that liken Trump supporters to Hitler’s followers and a 2016 dream of the United States dividing into “The Ring” and “Middle America.”

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Observers note a gap between McMorrow’s claim of permanent relocation and her continued California voter registration and absentee voting. Sources disagree on whether she moved in 2014, 2015, or early 2016, and it is unclear how she could vote in California after establishing Michigan residency under state law. Campaign has not clarified which progressive positions from the deleted posts remain endorsed.

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• “I had a dream that the U.S. amicably broke off into The Ring (coasts + Can + Mex + parts Mich/Tex) and Middle America.” — Mallory McMorrow, Dec 2016 tweet

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• “There are days like these that make me miss California even more.” — Mallory McMorrow, Jan 2017 tweet

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• “Dr. Seuss, 1941. We’ve been here before, America. #AmericaFirst #NoMuslimBan.” — Mallory McMorrow, Jan 2017 tweet

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• “So you moved for work and live in California but are registered somewhere you no longer live?…that’s illegal.” — Mallory McMorrow, 2024 tweet

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The August Democratic primary pits McMorrow in a dead-heat with Rep. Haley Stevens. The seat is one of only two Democratic-held Senate seats in states Trump won in 2024, making it pivotal for Senate control. The tweet controversy may influence voter perceptions as the campaign intensifies.

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