1/ I’ve been going harder on doing life with minimal social media but even in my brief check-ins, one name kept popping up on my feed: Michigan Senator Mallory McMorrow. Curiosity finally won out, and I saw she was doing a signing for her new book “Hate Won’t Win.” So I went. 🙂 (🧵) #illustration - ThreadSky

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kristenuroda.bsky.social • 28 days ago

1/ I’ve been going harder on doing life with minimal social media but even in my brief check-ins, one name kept popping up on my feed: Michigan Senator Mallory McMorrow. Curiosity finally won out, and I saw she was doing a signing for her new book “Hate Won’t Win.” So I went. 🙂 (🧵)

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kristenuroda.bsky.social•28 days ago

2/ I stepped into a packed high school auditorium that felt warm and welcoming, like a big living room full of friends. The crowd buzzed with genuine community, energy, and excitement and when Senator McMorrow took the stage, there was a roar of applause.

kristenuroda.bsky.social•28 days ago

3/ I’ll admit, I didn’t do my homework on her and her history beforehand, so I was fascinated when she said she never even planned to be a politician.

kristenuroda.bsky.social•28 days ago

4/ She studied art and industrial design, got tired of feeling powerless, literally Googled “how to become a senator,” ran a grassroots campaign, and won. She emphasized she had no master plan—just a desire to change the status quo. But that was only the first hurdle.

kristenuroda.bsky.social•28 days ago

5/ Once in office, her naive optimism met reality as she quickly discovered how bitter her Republican colleagues were that she’d flipped a seat. They blocked her bills every chance they got, making it look like she wasn’t fulfilling her promises.

kristenuroda.bsky.social•28 days ago

6/ Discouraged believing she failed her supporters, she decided not to run again. Until a Republican senator accused her and others of “grooming” kids—a baseless echo of far-right conspiracies. That sparked her now-viral, blistering rebuttal on the Senate floor and her decision to stay in the game.

kristenuroda.bsky.social•28 days ago

7/ McMorrow shared she wrote “Hate Won’t Win” as part memoir, part practical guide. Her biggest tip: you can’t fight every battle. Start with one cause that sets your heart on fire and build from there.

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