Mallory McMorrow Addresses 2016 Social Media Post in CNN Interview

Democratic Michigan State Sen. Mallory McMorrow defended a 2016 social media post criticizing Middle America during a Sunday interview on CNN's 'Inside Politics' on May 3, 2026. CNN host Manu Rajo interviewed McMorrow and asked if she stood by her deleted 2016 posts.

Acknowledging the post's phrasing, she noted, 'Was it the most eloquent tweet I’ve ever tweeted? ' The 2016 post, which McMorrow deleted along with thousands of others, followed an April 2025 New York Post report detailing content including posts with the hashtag #NYCtoLA. McMorrow deleted thousands of social media posts after the New York Post's April 2025 report.

CNN reporter Andrew Kaczynski reported that 6,000 posts, including all content posted prior to 2020, vanished from McMorrow’s X account. Democratic Michigan Rep. Haley Stevens, McMorrow's primary opponent, stated that McMorrow's posts could haunt her in the general election.

An Emerson College poll in early April 2026 showed McMorrow and Abdul El-Sayed, the former Wayne County health director, virtually tied. The poll preceded Kaczynski's report on the deleted posts. U.S.

Senate. McMorrow gained national prominence in 2022 from a speech on the Michigan Senate floor that went viral. The speech addressed Republican opposition to child sex changes, opposition to abortion, and other social conservative positions.

It responded to a fundraising email from a Republican colleague that opposed child sex changes and the use of critical race theory in school curricula. Longtime Democratic strategist James Carville praised McMorrow's 2022 speech. The article on McMorrow's CNN interview was written by Harold Hutchison and published on May 03, 2026, at 1:51 PM ET.