Michigan State Sen. Mallory McMorrow floated the idea of giving Palestinians some form of Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system.
The Michigan Senate hopeful raised eyebrows with her suggestion as she spoke with pro-Palestinian podcasters Matt Bernstein and Emma Vigeland.
“I don’t think anybody should live in fear of being bombed or killed,” McMorrow told the hosts when asked about Israel’s Iron Dome.
“I would look at how do we support defensive systems for Palestinians? How would we support defensive systems for the Lebanese?” she asked.
(Video Credit: Matt Bernstein)
Vigeland brought up Iron Dome missile technology access for Palestinians, seeming to mock the very idea, but McMorrow replied, “Let’s have that conversation.”
Bernstein let out a groan and pressed the progressive state legislator again.
“I mean the horror of living in fear of being bombed constantly,” McMorrow said. “Let’s work with the outcome of how do we end the violence, period.”
“I would love to get to a place where it’s not needed, period, for anybody,” she later noted.
McMorrow, “who has deleted roughly 6,000 social media posts amid her Senate campaign,” according to Fox News, is vying for the Democratic nomination in a primary that includes Rep. Haley Stevens and Bernie Sanders-backed Abdul El-Sayed.
Berstein noted the previous “scheduling drama” with McMorrow in social media posts, lamenting the cancellation of the lawmaker’s appearance before she finally did make it to the podcast. He said he was “really looking forward” to the interview when her team “asked if i’d have her on my show, but they cancelled after i said we’d cover ‘healthcare and foreign policy’ and offered no possibility of rescheduling. :(”
my interview with mallory mcmorrow is up now. i am grateful she came on the show despite the scheduling drama, and likely knowing we’d have disagreements.https://t.co/MjbdmWggQT https://t.co/jdKdddgbcY pic.twitter.com/GazTGKp8nv
— matt bernstein (@mattxiv) May 18, 2026
McMorrow said on the podcast that she is trying to build consensus and be a bridge, keeping Democrats together despite the divisions over Israel.
“I’m asking for the trust to represent 10 million people in a very diverse state, which is a purple state that could very easily go to the Republicans,” she said.
Her goal, she added, was to “not let this issue tear people apart because if we let it tear us apart, we get Mike Rogers,” she said, referring to the Republican endorsed by the president. “[Donald] Trump gets a win.”
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Originally from New York, Powers graduated from New York University and eventually made her way to sunny South Florida. Powers also contributes to BizPac Review.
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