MAGA Candidate Busted Over Deleted Post Trashing Her State

Mark J.

Rebilas / USA TODAY Sports A GOP candidate has been caught deleting a post saying she was embarrassed to call the state she is running to represent home.

Former NFL reporter Michele Tafoya is the Republican Senate nominee in Minnesota in November ’s midterms, and while on the campaign trail, she was challenged over comments she made on Twitter in March 2023.

“I’m embarrassed to say I live in Minnesota,” she said in the now-deleted post, which the Daily Beast saw via online archive software.

“This state has gone so far left it’s amazing any of the snow still sticks.

The 61-year-old was grilled on the comment during an interview with a local radio station this September, CNN reports.

“If I were embarrassed to be from Minnesota, would I be running for the United States Senate to represent Minnesota?” the network reports her replying.

She then claimed, “I have never said that.” What she did admit, however, when asked about whether she had ever wanted to leave, is: “Two years ago I was in that place.” “I think just over time watching my kids go through school,” she said, explaining what had changed since then.

“Watching them want to stay here.

My son’s in college here.

My daughter’s a senior in high school here.

They love it here.

And that matters to me.

This state means a lot to us.” At the time, the 2023 comment was picked up by another Twitter user, who told her she could leave, to which she replied: “That’s the plan! Have a great day!” CNN reports that when the user asked if she promised, she said, “Yes.