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Best Of 2022 | The Michigan Democrat Who Said “Enough”
Best Of 2022 | The Michigan Democrat Who Said “Enough”
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31 minutes
Released:
Sep 1, 2022
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Description
Michigan state Senator Mallory McMorrow went viral in April for striking back at an extreme characterization made by a Republican colleague. The video of McMorrow’s speech—viewed over 14 million times—tells a bigger story about how national political rhetoric is affecting local political debates. But is the senator really demonstrating how to reset the terms of debate? Or is she just one more person who went viral for speaking to her echo chamber?
As summer winds down, we're replaying some of our favorite episodes from this year. This episode originally aired on May 3, 2022.
Guest: Mallory McMorrow, Michigan state senator representing Grand Oak and the suburbs north of Detroit.
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As summer winds down, we're replaying some of our favorite episodes from this year. This episode originally aired on May 3, 2022.
Guest: Mallory McMorrow, Michigan state senator representing Grand Oak and the suburbs north of Detroit.
If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Dear Prudence—and you’ll be supporting the work we do here on What Next. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to help support our work.
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Released:
Sep 1, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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