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U.S. Senate candidate Mallory McMorrow
Metro Times calls out Democratic Senate candidate Mallory McMorrow in an article titled: “Senate candidate McMorrow says voters don’t trust flip-flops as she waffles on key positions.”
“I’ve learned through my time in the legislature that you can’t talk out of both sides of your mouth, that people won’t trust you,” McMorrow told Politico earlier this month, according to the Metro Times story. “And also, not only can we fund campaigns without corporate PAC [political action committee] dollars, but frankly, we need to.”
Reporter Steve Neavling writes:
But for years, McMorrow received PAC money.
It’s just one of several important issues that McMorrow has shifted on as she tries to appeal to both moderates and progressives—an almost impossible task given how polarized the party has become.
Neavling reports she’s also waffled on her stance on Israel and the Gaza war.
At the start of her Senate campaign, McMorrow reached out to pro-Israel Democratic groups, attended a private pro-Israel leadership event, and traveled to Israel on a trip sponsored by a prominent pro-Israel organization, Neavling writes.
Then her message changed, he reports:
Last fall, McMorrow said Israel’s war in Gaza met “the definition” of genocide. Later, after backlash, she pulled back, warning Democrats not to turn the term into what she called a political “purity test.”
McMorrow spokesperson Hannah Lindow tells Metro Times:
“Mallory’s process for how she comes to decisions has always been the same: looking at the facts on the ground, assessing them as they change, and making the best decision for the people she represents. That’s what everybody deserves in their U.S. senator.”
