Overview
- McMorrow’s social media history, which CNN’s KFile resurfaced Wednesday using the Wayback Machine, shows roughly 6,000 pre-2020 tweets were deleted and includes complaints about Michigan, praise for California, a “cars are dead” quip, and comparisons of Trump and his supporters to Nazis.
- The review flagged a residency gap as her 2025 book said she moved to Michigan “permanently” in 2014, while archived tweets described living and voting in California in 2014 and June 2016, with public records showing she registered to vote in Michigan in August 2016.
- Her campaign said the move from California “was a process” finished by mid-2016, called the deletions standard for candidates, and defended the posts as normal, adding that her auto background and union endorsements undercut claims she opposes cars.
- Rivals seized on the findings as the August 4 primary nears, with Rep. Haley Stevens touting her Michigan roots, Abdul El-Sayed posting a pointed riff about cars, and Republican Mike Rogers’ team mocking the episode online.
- The flap underscores how archival tools can revive deleted content and shape campaigns, and it lands in a race polling as a dead heat, where even small questions about residency and tone toward “Middle America” could sway undecided voters.