Michigan state Senator Mallory McMorrow, a Democrat eyeing a 2026 U.S. Senate run, stated in a social media video that she would lose control and throw beers at Supreme Court Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Brett Kavanaugh if she encountered them in public. The remark, which highlighted her frustration with the court's conservative majority, drew attention after being shared on X by Townhall. McMorrow's comments come amid ongoing partisan tensions over judicial decisions, including the 2022 overturning of Roe v. Wade.
In an undated video circulated on social media, Michigan state Senator Mallory McMorrow expressed strong anger toward the Supreme Court's conservative justices. A Notre Dame graduate herself, McMorrow said it infuriates her that Justice Amy Coney Barrett also attended the university. Responding to a report of spotting Barrett and Justice Brett Kavanaugh at a tailgate, she remarked, “I talked to somebody yesterday who said they saw her with Brett Kavanaugh at a tailgate last weekend. I was like, ‘I would not be able to control myself.' That would be a bad— there would be beers thrown in people’s faces.”
The video, posted on X by Townhall on December 18, 2025, underscores the heated rhetoric surrounding the judiciary. McMorrow, 39, has served in the Michigan Senate since 2019 and assumed the role of majority whip in 2023. She has been vocal on abortion rights, particularly following the Supreme Court's 2022 decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. As one of three Democrats vying to succeed retiring Senator Gary Peters, her 2026 bid positions her in a pivotal race that Republicans aim to contest aggressively.
Such statements echo past Democratic criticisms of conservative justices. In 2020, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer warned Justices Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch they would “pay the price” for potentially overturning Roe, adding, “You won’t know what hit you if you go forward with these awful decisions.” Chief Justice John Roberts condemned the remarks as “inappropriate” and “dangerous.” The tensions escalated in 2022 when an individual plotted to assassinate Kavanaugh shortly after the Roe ruling.
McMorrow's office and campaign did not respond to inquiries about her comments. Earlier in the year, she attended a fundraiser with blogger Rebecca Schoenkopf, who had mocked the assassination of conservative figure Charlie Kirk in a published piece titled “Second Amendment Comes for Charlie Kirk.”
