MI-SEN: Democratic U.S. Senate candidates escalate attacks as Michigan primary intensifies

Deleted social media posts disparaging Michigan, support for Immigration and Customs Enforcement despite evidence of rampant abuses, and a candidate positioning himself as a doctor who never really practiced medicine. These are just a few of the recent attacks coming in from all sides against the Democratic U.S. Senate primary candidates: state Sen. Mallory McMorrow, U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens and former Wayne County health official Abdul El-Sayed.

In what was initially a quiet contest that featured few broadside attacks and a lot of overlap in terms of campaign policy promises, the Democratic race for the U.S. Senate is quickly getting bitter.

Last week, McMorrow was reeling from reporting that she deleted thousands of social media posts that ranged from embarrassing — commentary on Michigan winters using profane language — to potentially compromising — commentary on voting in California, her former residence, while taking up permanent residence in Michigan. The state senator from Royal Oak went on CNN to dismiss the reporting as anything other than a cheap shot at her campaign, but some critics saw the interview as “disastrous” to her campaign.

The main critic using that language: the campaign of Stevens, the congresswoman from Birmingham.


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