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William Lawrence, the Democratic nominee in one of the country\u2019s most closely watched House races, deleted hundreds of social media posts in which the former Democratic Socialists of America member called for abolishing the Senate, eliminating police and prisons, ending fossil-fuel production, opening borders, and dismantling the nuclear family.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The posts, first reported by <\/span>CNN<\/span>, many of which were written under an older Twitter handle, offer a striking look at the views Lawrence expressed while building his career as a progressive organizer and co-founding the Sunrise Movement.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lawrence is now the Democratic nominee in Michigan\u2019s 7th Congressional District, where he will face Republican Rep. Tom Barrett in November. Lawrence won the August Democratic primary with roughly 44% of the vote, defeating former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink and former Navy SEAL Matt Maasdam. <\/span>The race is expected to be among the most competitive in the country, putting Lawrence\u2019s old rhetoric under the microscope as Democrats attempt to flip the seat.<\/span><\/p>\n

Among the deleted posts was a 2021 message in which Lawrence praised the \u201cdefund the police\u201d movement for bringing America \u201cnearer to a world without police and prisons.\u201d He also argued that fossil-fuel production should be ended through \u201cforced nationalization,\u201d while calling for President Joe Biden to end the coal industry through executive action. <\/span>Lawrence also wrote that America should \u201cAbolish the Senate.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2021, Lawrence wrote, \u201cF**k isolation and the nuclear family domicile,\u201d while praising communal living. The following year, he described the nuclear-family home as an \u201cisolating, individualistic, violent way of organizing society.\u201d <\/span>He subsequently argued that the \u201chetero-patriarchal nuclear family\u201d was a material foundation of wealth accumulation and praised \u201cqueer\u201d families as creating conditions for \u201csolidarity and wealth sharing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Lawrence also wrote that he wanted to \u201cimagine a world beyond the nation-state and capitalism,\u201d declared \u201cRacial capitalism is the problem. Empire is the problem,\u201d\u00a0and advocated for \u201ca world of free and open migration.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

His hostility was not limited to conservative policies. The deleted posts include repeated attacks on moderate Democrats, including former Michigan Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), who currently serves in the Senate. In 2020, Lawrence said he was \u201cashamed to be represented\u201d by Slotkin and referred to her as a \u201csupposed Democrat\u201d after she responded to President Donald Trump\u2019s killing of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani.<\/span><\/p>\n

He also attacked then-Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) after she criticized the \u201cdefund the police\u201d movement, dismissing her comments as a \u201ctantrum\u201d and suggesting that \u201ctimid Dems\u201d could leave the party if they could not accept the activist left.<\/span><\/p>\n

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During another fight over President Joe Biden\u2019s Build Back Better agenda, Lawrence called for leftists to go \u201cscorched earth\u201d against Democrats who opposed them. At another point, he declared, \u201cIt\u2019s time for the Dem civil war to rage.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Perhaps the most disturbing example came in 2021, when Lawrence posted lyrics for a song inspired by Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin\u2019s opposition to portions of the party\u2019s climate agenda. \u201cOur generation says f**k you for everything,\u201d Lawrence wrote in the lyrics. \u201cHurry up and die so that we can get started.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Lawrence has since attempted to distance himself from at least some of his old views. He told CNN that he no longer supports defunding the police or open borders and said his previous comments about Slotkin were wrong. He also said his membership in the Democratic Socialists of America had lapsed in July.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cLike many millennials, I\u2019ve done my fair share of thinking out loud on the Internet,\u201d Lawrence said, adding that he disagrees with some things he posted in the past.<\/span><\/p>\n

But Lawrence has hardly abandoned the political movement that produced his earlier rhetoric, and his campaign has been endorsed by prominent figures on the far left, including Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI). His campaign platform includes \u201chealthcare for all,\u201d higher taxes on wealthy Americans, a federal moratorium on data centers, and ending U.S. involvement in the war in Iran. His campaign also emphasizes opposition to corporate political money.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lawrence\u2019s candidacy had already caused concern among more moderate Democrats. Rep. Brad Schneider (D-IL) previously argued that Lawrence was not the candidate capable of winning the district, while Rep. Hillary Scholten (D-MI) said his history of inflammatory rhetoric demonstrated a lack of judgment and temperament.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now, however, Lawrence is no longer simply a left-wing activist trying to win a democratic primary by running to the left \u2014 he is the Democratic nominee in a district Republicans must defend. In November, voters in Michigan\u2019s 7th will get to decide whether Lawrence\u2019s explanation that his old posts were merely \u201cthinking out loud\u201d is enough to put them behind the candidate who once wrote them.<\/span><\/p>\n

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William Lawrence, the Democratic nominee in one of the country\u2019s most closely watched House races, deleted hundreds of social media posts in which the former Democratic Socialists of America member called for abolishing the Senate, eliminating police and prisons, ending fossil-fuel production, opening borders, and dismantling the nuclear family.The posts, first reported by CNN, many of which were written under an older Twitter handle, offer a striking look at the views Lawrence expressed while building his career as a progressive organizer and co-founding the Sunrise Movement.Lawrence is now the Democratic nominee in Michigan\u2019s 7th Congressional District, where he will face Republican Rep. Tom Barrett in November. Lawrence won the August Democratic primary with roughly 44% of the vote, defeating former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink and former Navy SEAL Matt Maasdam. The race is expected to be among the most competitive in the country, putting Lawrence\u2019s old rhetoric under the microscope as Democrats attempt to flip the seat.Among the deleted posts was a 2021 message in which Lawrence praised the \u201cdefund the police\u201d movement for bringing America \u201cnearer to a world without police and prisons.\u201d He also argued that fossil-fuel production should be ended through \u201cforced nationalization,\u201d while calling for President Joe Biden to end the coal industry through executive action. Lawrence also wrote that America should \u201cAbolish the Senate.\u201dIn 2021, Lawrence wrote, \u201cF**k isolation and the nuclear family domicile,\u201d while praising communal living. The following year, he described the nuclear-family home as an \u201cisolating, individualistic, violent way of organizing society.\u201d He subsequently argued that the \u201chetero-patriarchal nuclear family\u201d was a material foundation of wealth accumulation and praised \u201cqueer\u201d families as creating conditions for \u201csolidarity and wealth sharing.\u201dLawrence also wrote that he wanted to \u201cimagine a world beyond the nation-state and capitalism,\u201d declared \u201cRacial capitalism is the problem. Empire is the problem,\u201d\u00a0and advocated for \u201ca world of free and open migration.\u201dHis hostility was not limited to conservative policies. The deleted posts include repeated attacks on moderate Democrats, including former Michigan Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), who currently serves in the Senate. In 2020, Lawrence said he was \u201cashamed to be represented\u201d by Slotkin and referred to her as a \u201csupposed Democrat\u201d after she responded to President Donald Trump\u2019s killing of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani.He also attacked then-Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) after she criticized the \u201cdefund the police\u201d movement, dismissing her comments as a \u201ctantrum\u201d and suggesting that \u201ctimid Dems\u201d could leave the party if they could not accept the activist left.During another fight over President Joe Biden\u2019s Build Back Better agenda, Lawrence called for leftists to go \u201cscorched earth\u201d against Democrats who opposed them. At another point, he declared, \u201cIt\u2019s time for the Dem civil war to rage.\u201dPerhaps the most disturbing example came in 2021, when Lawrence posted lyrics for a song inspired by Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin\u2019s opposition to portions of the party\u2019s climate agenda. \u201cOur generation says f**k you for everything,\u201d Lawrence wrote in the lyrics. \u201cHurry up and die so that we can get started.\u201dLawrence has since attempted to distance himself from at least some of his old views. He told CNN that he no longer supports defunding the police or open borders and said his previous comments about Slotkin were wrong. He also said his membership in the Democratic Socialists of America had lapsed in July.\u201cLike many millennials, I\u2019ve done my fair share of thinking out loud on the Internet,\u201d Lawrence said, adding that he disagrees with some things he posted in the past.But Lawrence has hardly abandoned the political movement that produced his earlier rhetoric, and his campaign has been endorsed by prominent figures on the far left, including Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI). His campaign platform includes \u201chealthcare for all,\u201d higher taxes on wealthy Americans, a federal moratorium on data centers, and ending U.S. involvement in the war in Iran. His campaign also emphasizes opposition to corporate political money.Lawrence\u2019s candidacy had already caused concern among more moderate Democrats. Rep. Brad Schneider (D-IL) previously argued that Lawrence was not the candidate capable of winning the district, while Rep. Hillary Scholten (D-MI) said his history of inflammatory rhetoric demonstrated a lack of judgment and temperament.Now, however, Lawrence is no longer simply a left-wing activist trying to win a democratic primary by running to the left \u2014 he is the Democratic nominee in a district Republicans must defend. In November, voters in Michigan\u2019s 7th will get to decide whether Lawrence\u2019s explanation that his old posts were merely \u201cthinking out loud\u201d is enough to put them behind the candidate who once wrote them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2055,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2"],"yoast_head":"\nHundreds Of Deleted Posts Reveal Swing-District Democrat May Be Most Insane Yet - Blue Route Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2961\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hundreds Of Deleted Posts Reveal Swing-District Democrat May Be Most Insane Yet - Blue Route Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"William Lawrence, the Democratic nominee in one of the country\u2019s most closely watched House races, deleted hundreds of social media posts in which the former Democratic Socialists of America member called for abolishing the Senate, eliminating police and prisons, ending fossil-fuel production, opening borders, and dismantling the nuclear family.The posts, first reported by CNN, many of which were written under an older Twitter handle, offer a striking look at the views Lawrence expressed while building his career as a progressive organizer and co-founding the Sunrise Movement.Lawrence is now the Democratic nominee in Michigan\u2019s 7th Congressional District, where he will face Republican Rep. 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The following year, he described the nuclear-family home as an \u201cisolating, individualistic, violent way of organizing society.\u201d He subsequently argued that the \u201chetero-patriarchal nuclear family\u201d was a material foundation of wealth accumulation and praised \u201cqueer\u201d families as creating conditions for \u201csolidarity and wealth sharing.\u201dLawrence also wrote that he wanted to \u201cimagine a world beyond the nation-state and capitalism,\u201d declared \u201cRacial capitalism is the problem. Empire is the problem,\u201d\u00a0and advocated for \u201ca world of free and open migration.\u201dHis hostility was not limited to conservative policies. The deleted posts include repeated attacks on moderate Democrats, including former Michigan Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), who currently serves in the Senate. In 2020, Lawrence said he was \u201cashamed to be represented\u201d by Slotkin and referred to her as a \u201csupposed Democrat\u201d after she responded to President Donald Trump\u2019s killing of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani.He also attacked then-Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) after she criticized the \u201cdefund the police\u201d movement, dismissing her comments as a \u201ctantrum\u201d and suggesting that \u201ctimid Dems\u201d could leave the party if they could not accept the activist left.During another fight over President Joe Biden\u2019s Build Back Better agenda, Lawrence called for leftists to go \u201cscorched earth\u201d against Democrats who opposed them. At another point, he declared, \u201cIt\u2019s time for the Dem civil war to rage.\u201dPerhaps the most disturbing example came in 2021, when Lawrence posted lyrics for a song inspired by Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin\u2019s opposition to portions of the party\u2019s climate agenda. \u201cOur generation says f**k you for everything,\u201d Lawrence wrote in the lyrics. \u201cHurry up and die so that we can get started.\u201dLawrence has since attempted to distance himself from at least some of his old views. He told CNN that he no longer supports defunding the police or open borders and said his previous comments about Slotkin were wrong. He also said his membership in the Democratic Socialists of America had lapsed in July.\u201cLike many millennials, I\u2019ve done my fair share of thinking out loud on the Internet,\u201d Lawrence said, adding that he disagrees with some things he posted in the past.But Lawrence has hardly abandoned the political movement that produced his earlier rhetoric, and his campaign has been endorsed by prominent figures on the far left, including Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI). His campaign platform includes \u201chealthcare for all,\u201d higher taxes on wealthy Americans, a federal moratorium on data centers, and ending U.S. involvement in the war in Iran. His campaign also emphasizes opposition to corporate political money.Lawrence\u2019s candidacy had already caused concern among more moderate Democrats. Rep. Brad Schneider (D-IL) previously argued that Lawrence was not the candidate capable of winning the district, while Rep. Hillary Scholten (D-MI) said his history of inflammatory rhetoric demonstrated a lack of judgment and temperament.Now, however, Lawrence is no longer simply a left-wing activist trying to win a democratic primary by running to the left \u2014 he is the Democratic nominee in a district Republicans must defend. In November, voters in Michigan\u2019s 7th will get to decide whether Lawrence\u2019s explanation that his old posts were merely \u201cthinking out loud\u201d is enough to put them behind the candidate who once wrote them.","og_url":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2961","og_site_name":"Blue Route Journal","article_published_time":"2026-09-04T20:06:17+00:00","author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2961#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2961"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/#\/schema\/person\/19da116f8d79cf8987781569801c6b7c"},"headline":"Hundreds Of Deleted Posts Reveal Swing-District Democrat May Be Most Insane Yet","datePublished":"2026-09-04T20:06:17+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2961"},"wordCount":838,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2961#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ee7a8b5adb8bdaa3385043145bbf79ca.avif","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2961#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2961","url":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2961","name":"Hundreds Of Deleted Posts Reveal Swing-District Democrat May Be Most Insane Yet - 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