Michigan state Sen. Mallory McMorrow clapped back hard in a viral speech against her Republican colleague’s “hollow, hateful scheme” of labeling LGBTQ allies across the aisle as “groomers” and “pedophiles.”
McMorrow said she was surprised to learn that Republican state Sen. Lana Theis sent out a fundraising email accusing her of wanting to “groom and sexualize kindergarteners.”
“I didn’t expect to wake up yesterday to the news that the senator from the 22nd District had, overnight, accused me by name of grooming and sexualizing children in an email fundraising for herself,” McMorrow said. “So I sat on it for a while wondering: Why me? And then I realized: Because I am the biggest threat to your hollow, hateful scheme. Because you can’t claim that you are targeting marginalized kids in the name of ‘parental rights’ if another parent is standing up to say no.”
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Republicans across the country have latched onto the “groomer” attack as they seek to pass a series of bills targeting the LGBTQ community in the name of so-called “parental rights.”
“So then what?” McMorrow continued. “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 were responsible for slavery and to feel bad about themselves because they’re white.”
The speech has been viewed over 10 million times since it was posted Tuesday. “Senator Lana Theis accused me by name of grooming and sexualizing children in an attempt to marginalize me for standing up against her marginalizing the LGBTQ community…in a fundraising email, for herself,” McMorrow wrote in the caption.
She added: “Hate wins when people like me stand by and let it happen. I won’t.”
Senator Lana Theis accused me by name of grooming and sexualizing children in an attempt to marginalize me for standing up against her marginalizing the LGBTQ community…in a fundraising email, for herself.
Hate wins when people like me stand by and let it happen. I won't. pic.twitter.com/jL5GU42bTv
— Mallory McMorrow (@MalloryMcMorrow) April 19, 2022
Here’s the email Theis sent to supporters on Monday, which reads in part: “These are the people we are up against. Progressive social media trolls like Senator Malloy McMorrow (D-Snowflake) who are outraged they can’t teach can’t groom and sexualize kindergarteners or that 8-year-olds are responsible for slavery.”
Michigan Sen. Lana Theis joins the growing conservative trend of baselessly accusing political opponents of being pedophiles/groomers. #MILeg pic.twitter.com/qT7s8uccTG
— Andrew Roth (@RothTheReporter) April 18, 2022
In the email, Theis references her Democratic colleagues walking out of a session last Wednesday after she delivered this invocation:
“Dear Lord, across the country we’re seeing in the news that our children are under attack. That there are forces that desire things for them other than what their parents would have them see and hear and know. Dear Lord, I pray for your guidance in this chamber to protect the most vulnerable among us,” said Theis, who is chair of the Senate Education and Career Readiness Committee.
“The ‘forces’ are, of course, public school teachers, and the ‘things’ are the LGBTQ community,” tweeted Democratic state Sen. Dayna Polehanki. “To pervert the Senate Invocation in this way is beyond the pale.”
Max
oops, emojis don’t work here.
it should be: applause applause applause. she called it out and more.
Max
way to go, Sen. McMorrow!
BennyTheHill
Sen. Mallory McMorrow is supporting the sexual grooming of little children. She is aiding and abetting pedophiles.
Bosch
Benny. Pedophiles prey on children who can keep a secret. It’s important that children know they are allowed to talk about things.
Not that you care, since you keep defending the Grand Old Pedos.
Max
@BennyTheHill
Sen. Theis believes in baseless claims. terrible that you’d think the same and contribute to perpetuating the lies and supporting those that instigate it.
Mr. Stadnick
Bennythehill you are a hate monger and a fake. Please take you hate somewhere else.
Den
@BennyTheTwat:
You are a hateful, lying troll. Nobody on this site has anything but disdain for your mean spirit, innate stupidity and dishonesty. The only reason I can think of for your coming there is that you are a heterosexual pervert who gets off on being humiliated by your intellectual betters. Because everything you post show you to be an idiot and scumbag.
BaltoSteve
Aw Benny, Bless your Tiny Hateful heart. You really do try to stick to your script. Calling folks names because they don’t follow that script. Trying to cut down a much wider conversation and issue into a tiny little sound bite of hate.
This travesty, this Bigotry, is a cure for something that doesn’t exist, except in the hearts of tiny little homophobic people who are incapable of letting others live their lives. There are NO early childhood educators discussing how two guys can bone each other. That conversation isn’t happening. Not early childhood educators are discussing how you lope off the peepee to make a boy into a girl. This little infringement of the first amendment is vindictive theatre meant to keep children as emotionally stunted as their elders.
What has been occurring in those classrooms are discussions of the validity of intimate emotional relationships. How Mommy and Mom, Daddy and Pop, and Mommy and Daddy being married are all valid emotional relationships, that children equate as a special loving relationship between two people. Where Aunt Cindy and “Uncle” Mike dating is the same emotional relationship as Uncle Bob and “Uncle” Pete dating. (And if for those how can figure out why some of those terms are in quote, it is because they aren’t married, but have been together for so long that they might as well be. This bit of common sense doesn’t fit the narrative of hate that homophobic parents use to indoctrinate their and other’s children.
There isn’t systemic institutionalized grooming of young children in the public school systems in this country. Are there abusers there? Statistically, of course there are, just like they are in the churches and other institutions within this country. However, the numbers don’t match the hysteria propagated by the GOP.
And before how you trot out the complete and utterly IRRELEVANT statistics about how many people are in favor of this law. I would like to remind you of other times in this country’s short history. There was a time when a vast MAJORITY of people believed Segregation, the law of the land at that time, was right and how people who weren’t white were less than human. And yes we are still feeling the growing pains of restructuring and reinventing to stamp out that Racism. There was a time just recently when gay marriage was opposed by a vast majority of citizens. And look where we are now.
Polls change as people learn and grow and see through the BS politicians and pundits try and use to influence them. Biden’s approval number could shoot up between now and the General elections. And just keep in mind. There was a fair number of people in the last presidential election who weren’t voting FOR Biden, they were voting AGAINST the alternative. And while folks who don’t approve of Biden’s performance, that doesn’t mean they think the GOP can do better.
barryaksarben
I have been waiting for someone to call out these lying insane GQP idiots who make these outrageous lies over and over again WITHOUT a single bit of proof ( like those election lies). For once common decency prevails. Stupid people like Benny here are so easily led that they actually believe any ridiculous lie that is presented to them. The way the GQP is talking every single child in a school is being groomed at this very moment. If what they said was even the tinest bit true there would be NO children NOT being molested. Yes, there are sexual predators (usually republicans) b ut not to the extent they are screaming about. I am 65 and have known exactly ZERO families who have lost a child to the sex trafficers. I have never even HEARD of anyone losing a child. SO where are all these children and who are they? Why arent there ACTUAL names of children missing? Because they are few and far between and if you want to talk sexual predators lets look at Matt Gaeitz and Gym Jordan and Donald Trump who is ACTUALLY accused in an actual court of raping a 13 year old girl. I applaud this DECENT woman calling out her insane rival and hopefull the decent people will see through these ridiculous lies
white-queer-african
What else does one expect from the GOF, Grand Old Failure party and it’s members. Despicable as my my nearly 11 year old son will say. He is very smart and even says Dumph is the worst president in US history. And no we did not indoctrinate him to say.
So now we wait for Fake….oh let’s forget about the retarted reprobate.
BennyTheHill
“And no we did not indoctrinate him to say.”
So says the South African pedophile who is grooming his own son. Sick!
Bosch
“I think about pedophilia more than most people.” -Benny
ImSoRich
@Bosch – you are so right!!! if the authorities go check ‘BennyTheHill’s computer, i wonder what they will find…………
Diplomat
Too funny. Benny you’re just a walking punchline now aren’t you.
ZzBomb
Just a reminder, the biggest “groomers” there have been in the last 7 decades has been the Catholic and Evangelical churches. So these same people who call themselves “Christians” and are only trying to “protect the children” are the true ones trying to indoctrinate and groom.
BennyTheHill
You are correct.
Homosexual pedophiles fill the hierarchy and priesthood of the Roman Catholic Church, and they have protected each other from criminal prosecution for decades.
Bosch
@BennyTheMarcy
You never fkin learn, do you?
Mike Huckabee, Jim Jordan, Josh Duggar, Matt Gaetz, George Nader, Ruben Verastigui, Tim Nolan, Ralph Shortey, Ben Gibson, Adam Hageman, Mark Foley, Roy Moore, Dennis Haster, and Anton Lazzaro.
And that’s just the past few years. YOU support the pedophile party.
ZzBomb
Benny, you’re one of them.
BennyTheHill
Bosch:
You have any proof? Have any of them been charged and gone to jail.
I do know one thing: Joe Biden’s daughter’s diary – which the FBI was frantically trying to get ahold of because she accidentally left it in a hotel room – has a passage which states that PEDO Joe and his teenage daughter took showers together and his daughter today even questions the appropriateness of that. Of course, Biden is a pedophile!
BennyTheHill
ZzBomb:
You’re the one opposing the anti-pedophile/anti-grooming law in Florida. You’re the pedo.
Bosch
Yes Benny, most have been to jail. Stop trying to protect pedophiles.
Kangol2
Denny Hastert, who was the GQP House Majority Leader from 1999 through 2007, paid millions (he agreed to $3.5 million) in hush money to a man he had sexually abused when Hastert was a high school wrestling coach and the man was a minor. THAT is pedophilia. Hastert, a married, Christian husband and father, is also alleged to have molested at least four other boys. Despite rumors of this for years, the GQP Party said nothing, did zero investigations, and let him literally RUN the House of Representatives.
According to Wikipedia (confirmed by numerous news reports), “*In court submissions filed in April 2016, federal prosecutors alleged that Hastert had molested at least four boys as young as 14 years of age* during his time as a high school wrestling coach.[5] At a sentencing hearing, Hastert admitted that he had sexually abused boys whom he had coached.” He was sentenced to 13 months in prison, had to pay a fine, and had 2 years supervised release, though he should have been locked away for much longer given him crimes and lies.
This “heterosexual” molesting GQP/con-servative creep and people like him are the real danger, not LGBTQ people. Rabid anti-LGBTQ fanatics like BennytheLoonyTunes/MarcyMayer/BarryM/JamesHart, however, are mroe than willing to participate in demonizing LGBTQ people because they detest themselves!
Den
“Joe Biden’s daughter’s diary – which the FBI was frantically trying to get ahold of because she accidentally left it in a hotel room – has a passage which states that PEDO Joe and his teenage daughter took showers together and his daughter today even questions the appropriateness of that. Of course, Biden is a pedophile!”
Either provide a link to a REPUTIBLE media source for this story or be laughed at yet again for the fool you are. And I am willing to be that your hard drive has some of the vilest child pornography imaginable on it! The far right is all about projection (as any one with open eyes can see). So I am willing to be you’d love to get your hands on some three and four year olds…probably been weeks since you were last able to. Your own kids? or your nieces and nephews? Which do you enjoy most you hateful son of a bitch?
barryaksarben
Benny you are confused – It is Donald who lusts after his own daughter not Joe. LOL you are such a pathetic troll as you dont do it very well do you? Just inflate the lie is not making an argument you dolt
Mister P
The trolls here need to see this video.
Max
BennyTheHill came to reply to me. evidently, he still believes grooming is going on and pedophiles are being helped.
Bosch
@Max
I’m afraid Benny might be demonstrating classic Jungian projection. I hope no one leaves their kids with him.
BennyTheHill
Bosch:
You’re the one opposing the anti-pedophile/anti-grooming law in Florida. You’re the pedo.
You’ve LOST the argument. The American people SUPPORT this law. Too bad for you.
Bosch
Benny, can you read? Have you read the bill? The bill does not protect children from pedophiles, and it doesn’t protect them from grooming.
In fact, it makes children dumb, shameful, and secretive, so that they’re easy targets for your little GOP pedos.
JRamonMc
Senator Mallory McMorrow gives me a glimmer of hope! Well said senator!
ImSoRich
Agreed!! Articulate, intelligent, with a concise speech.
Bosch
Abusers rely on a child’s shame and secrecy, and nothing perpetuates shame and secrecy like making a subject taboo.
This bill is preparing children to be easy targets for predators.
Sounds an awful lot like “grooming”, doesn’t it?
BennyTheHill
Just the opposite.
When adult teachers are prying into the sex lives of children this is classic grooming and pedophilia.
You’ve LOST the argument. Americans support this law.
Bosch
The only people thinking about the “sex lives of children” are the GOP. And you.
Jaquelope
@Bosch
They seem to be interested in EVERYONE’s bedroom antics, no matter their age. That seem to be their ONE obsession. Could it be envy?
Bosch
@jaquelope
I think you’re right, if Jerry Falwell Jr is any kind of indicator…
Bosch
Let the record show that when low-budget troll BennyTheHill is presented with a list of child abusers and pedo apologists, he DEFENDS them.
I think we all know what that means.
Mr. Stadnick
BennyTheHill is a podophile how about we start spreading that around? You seem fine with false statements. #bennythehillisapedo
Kevan1
I would sue her for slander.
Mister P
I don’t think Benny the Pill is a right wing troll. I think he really is that stupid and believes that bullshit.
Jaquelope
Can’t he be *both* at the same time?
BennyTheHell
Oh, and im all fer grooming children, most are a stnky mess
mailliw110
WOW! THAT WAS EASY!
Den
@BennyTheTwat:
You are a hateful, lying troll. Nobody on this site has anything but disdain for your mean spirit, innate stupidity and dishonesty. The only reason I can think of for your coming there is that you are a heterosexual pervert who gets off on being humiliated by your intellectual betters. Because everything you post show you to be an idiot and scumbag.
Jim
I admit it. I want to groom and recruit young children.
I want to recruit them to be caring loving individuals that are empathetic to their neighbors.
There I’ve said it!
Bosch
Empathy is exactly what the GOP is trying to prevent. Can’t have sociopathic politicians without sociopathic voters.
johncp56
Right wing hate has gotten worse, that is all they have to throw at us podophile groomers, pathetic hate, sad the statistics show str8 guys are a major part of the crime give the GOP the count,,,,
monty clift
There need to be more people like her calling out this sh*t.