Michigan state Sen. Mallory McMorrow pushed back against the growing trend of Republicans labeling their Democratic opponents as groomers and pedophiles in a viral speech.
“So then what?” continued McMorrow. “Then you dehumanize and marginalize me. You say that I’m one of them. You say she’s a groomer, she supports pedophilia, she wants children to believe that they are responsible for slavery and feel bad about themselves because they’re white.”
. During her comments, McMorrow talked about growing up being active in the church, working with her mother at a soup kitchen and the civil rights work of Father Ted Hesburgh, the former president of her alma mater, Notre Dame.
due to the content of Theis’ invocation, which the legislators took as a precursor to action against LGBT educators.
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