A swing-district Democrat deleted hundreds of posts after cheering police abolition, open borders, and even telling Joe Manchin to “hurry up and die,” and the archive receipts are now center stage.
Story Highlights
- CNN reported William Lawrence scrubbed posts backing police and prison abolition, open borders, and an attack on the nuclear family.
- Semafor said Lawrence deleted the posts before running, claiming they could be “misinterpreted”.
- Punchbowl News noted he later walked back his defund-the-police stance after entering the race.
- Detroit News reported many deleted posts were recovered via the Wayback Machine archive.
Archived Posts Reveal Extreme Positions Now Back in the Spotlight
CNN reported that Michigan Democrat William Lawrence deleted hundreds of posts that praised abolishing police and prisons, called to nationalize oil and gas, and pushed to overhaul the Constitution. The report also said he cursed the nuclear-family home and urged “free and open migration,” which reads like open borders. Semafor added that he removed a “defund the police” defense and a post picturing a borderless world before launching his bid, saying they could be “misinterpreted”. Those choices now define the race’s stakes.
CNN: Democrat William Lawrence’s deleted tweets show far-left record
William Lawrence, the Democratic nominee in one of the country’s most competitive House races in Michigan, deleted hundreds of old social media posts in which he embraced police and prison abolition,…
— Politics & Poll Tracker 📡 (@PollTracker2024) September 4, 2026
Punchbowl News said Lawrence scrubbed his feed and later walked back the defund message after entering the race. That timeline matters. Voters in a tight Michigan district face a clear question about judgment. Did Lawrence mean it when he praised a world with no police and no borders, or was it just online performance? Detroit News reported critics recovered many messages through the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine, so deletion did not erase the record. The archive lets voters see what he posted and later tried to undo.
Candidate’s Explanation Versus What Voters Can See
Lawrence now says he disagrees with some past posts and does not support defunding the police or open borders, according to reporting that cites his recent statements. He argues the old messages could be taken out of context and were deleted to avoid confusion, as Semafor summarized. That defense is common in modern politics. People do change views. But voters often judge patterns, not single walk-backs. Deleted posts about scrapping police and attacking the family are not typos. They show a worldview that clashes with safety and tradition.
Research on deleted political posts shows a broad pattern. Many politicians delete content for image control, and journalists often use web archives to verify what was said and when. That does not prove intent to hide, but it creates an uneven fight. The archive shows the exact words, while the candidate offers a new stance. Here, the most charged lines include “defund the police,” “free and open migration,” and harsh language about the family unit and the Constitution. Those themes map neatly onto voter concerns about crime, borders, and social order.
Why These Positions Alarm Law-Abiding Families
Police abolition and “defund” ideas risk public safety. Cities that cut funding saw response delays, officer exits, and fear. Even if a candidate says he shifted, support for scrapping police sends a loud signal about priorities. The border post matters too. A “free and open migration” world ignores laws, strains communities, and rewards cartels. Families who follow the rules feel betrayed when leaders flirt with erasing the line between citizen and non-citizen. Those positions invite chaos over order.
🚨BREAKING: William Lawrence, a Democrat running for Congress in Michigan, has deleted hundreds of social media posts advocating police and prison abolition, nationalizing fossil-fuel companies, and dismantling the Senate, according to CNN.
The deleted posts also included… pic.twitter.com/CV3vxPcjod
— Off The Press (@OffThePress1) September 4, 2026
Attacks on the nuclear family also cut deep. The family is the first school of virtue and care. It anchors kids, faith, and work. Smearing it as violent or “individualistic” signals hostility to the basic unit that holds towns together. Calls to “Abolish the Senate” show a comfort with tearing down checks and balances. The Senate protects smaller states and slows fads. Sweeping it away would weaken representation and tilt power to raw, coastal majorities. That is not reform. That is demolition.
How Michigan Voters Can Cut Through the Noise
Voters should do three simple things. First, read the archived language for themselves where available and weigh its plain meaning. Second, judge the change claims against a timeline: posts were live for years, then wiped when a race began, then softened after scrutiny. Third, measure each stance against core tests: Will this make my family safer? Will it lower costs and protect energy security? Will it respect the Constitution and local control? On those tests, the deleted record fails.
President Trump’s administration is pushing law and order, border control, and energy independence. That contrasts with a candidate record cheering defund, open borders, nationalizing energy, and scrapping institutions. Even if Lawrence now says he disagrees with parts of that past, the archived words are clear. Voters in Michigan’s battleground district should insist on simple promises backed by action: fund police, secure the border, defend the family, and respect the Constitution. Anything less risks more disorder, higher costs, and weaker communities.
Sources:
twitchy.com, cnn.com, semafor.com, detroitnews.com, facebook.com
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