Michigan Democrat William Lawrence Faces Scrutiny Over Deleted Social Media Posts
Lawrence said some past views are out of step with what he believes now as Democrats weigh the risk of his deleted posts in a battleground district.
- William Lawrence, the Democratic nominee for Michigan's 7th Congressional District, deleted hundreds of past social media posts embracing police abolition and arguing for a fundamental overhaul of the Constitution.
- Deleted posts show Lawrence advocating for nationalizing fossil-fuel companies, calling the nuclear-family home an "isolating, individualistic, violent way of organizing society," and envisioning a world of free and open migration.
- Many posts targeted moderate Democrats, including then-Rep. Abigail Spanberger, whom Lawrence dismissed as throwing a "tantrum" over "defund the police" rhetoric, and Sen. Elissa Slotkin, whom he called a "supposed Democrat."
- His past rhetoric may complicate Democratic chances in Michigan's 7th, a battleground district President Donald Trump carried in 2024; Lawrence now claims those views are "out of step with what I believe now."
- Similar to other progressive candidates like Abdul El-Sayed and Francesca Hong, Lawrence faced scrutiny this cycle after reporters uncovered deleted social media histories containing controversial past statements.
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William Lawrence, the Lansing socialist who’s running for Congress, once wished death on then West Virginia U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin and idolized a world without police or prisons in a trove of deleted social media posts. Lawrence is running to unseat incumbent U.S. Rep. Tom Barrett in the 7th Congressional District, a key race for controlling the...
“Hurry Up and Die”: Michigan Democrat Joins Other Radicals in Scrubbing Social Media of Past Statements
A certain pattern is emerging on the far left. Political figures spend years currying the favor of other extremists with outrageous commentary, proudly proclaiming their commitment to eliminating the Senate, opening the border, and other measures. Then, they delete all of the comments and declare themselves mainstream. The idea is to run in the center but govern from the far left, the so-called Spanberger strategy. The latest example is William …
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Lefty Michigan House candidate wished death on centrist Democrats in old social media post: ‘Hurry up and die’
Lawrence, the Democratic candidate in Michigan’s battleground 7th Congressional District, explained in a since-deleted X post unearthed by CNN Friday that he was inspired to write the profane tune after then-Democratic West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin came out against former President Joe Biden’s $2 trillion Build Back Better plan.
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