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Hey, good morning, playbookers on Roguminovalin. It's Thursday. Today, we meet maybe one of the

only Democrats who's fighting back on culture war issues. It's your Politico Playbook Daily briefing.

Whether it's pandemic restrictions in schools or critical race theory and political correctness,

when it comes to the culture wars raging across America, the right often dances circles around the left.

And because of that, many Democrats, particularly those in vulnerable seats,

either avoid engaging on those topics altogether,

or privately beg their colleagues to avoid overtly woke

rhetoric or policy prescriptions they believe could hurt the party politically.

Enter Mallory McMorrow, who's turning that conventional wisdom on its head this week.

On Tuesday, the little-known Democratic State Senator from suburban Michigan took on a GOP colleague

who accused her in a fundraising

email of wanting to, quote, groom and sexualize kindergartners and teach that eight-year-olds

are responsible for slavery, just because McMorough criticized the don't-say-style proposals

gaining steam with the GOP and backs a robust curriculum on the history of slavery in America.

McMorro was, understandably, deeply offended by suggestions that she was a quote, Groomer.

Groomer, for those of you who don't speak 2022, is an adult who befriends children and abuses

them sexually.

Her takedown on the chamber floor dripped with righteous indignation, as she, speaking as a mother,

a Christian, and a woman who cares about the mental

health of children, defended discussing the history of slavery in schools and ensuring LGBTQ

kids don't feel more marginalized than they already do.

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