Hate Won't Win Find Your Power and Leave This Place Better Than You Found It

by McMorrow, Mallory

• ISBN13: 9780306835407
• ISBN10: 0306835401
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2025-03-25
• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing

Summary

In this urgent expansion of her viral speech, Michigan Senator Mallory McMorrow details her unlikely journey into politics with a front-row seat to democracy at its breaking point—then outlines the tangible, proven steps that anyone can take to build community, fight for what's right, and create real, lasting change.

Mallory McMorrow was on the verge of giving up. She knew the work of legislating wouldn’t be easy, but she hadn’t been expecting an insidious culture of sexual harassment, armed protestors storming the state Capitol, or colleagues who had zero interest in reaching across the aisle to get anything meaningful done. Where could one even start? But then fate forced her hand. A Senate colleague called her out as a “groomer”—for standing up for LGBTQ+ kids and fighting against attempts to whitewash history in our schools.  

In response, Mallory delivered a blistering rebuke with a speech from the Michigan Senate floor that reverberated throughout the country and the world, leading many long-jaded political pundits to hail Mallory’s action as a “blueprint” for fighting back. Here, Mallory pulls back the curtain on what it’s like to work in today’s politic arena, rife with conspiracy theories and division—yet emerges clear-eyed, offering actionable steps for building community and creating change.

Hate Won't Win is a step-by-step guide for anyone who’s fed up with the divisiveness in American politics, and anyone who wants to make a real difference but has no idea where to start—a blueprint for creating the communities and country we want to see.

Author Biography

Mallory McMorrow is a State Senator from Michigan who you most likely know as “that woman with the speech” after she delivered a blistering rebuke to a colleague who baselessly accused her of being a “groomer” in 2022. But years before the speech heard ‘round the world, she was a one-time car designer, creative director, and writer who became so fed up with politics and our country’s sad state of affairs that she Googled “how to run for office” in the wake of the 2016 election and took on an incumbent Republican State Senator-son-of-a-Congressman and won, delivering one of the most stunning political upsets in Michigan in 2018 as a first-time-candidate.
 
She became the first woman Senate Majority Whip in state history, and only the second Senator in state history to give birth while in office. She’s an ardent supporter of policies protecting reproductive rights, voting rights, and gun violence prevention - most notably as the lead bill sponsor of Michigan’s Extreme Risk Protection Order - or “red flag” - law, which was her first bill ever signed into law five years after first being sworn into office. 
She holds a patent for a ride-on toy that shoots sparks she helped develop during her time as a designer at Mattel, her name is on a Hot Wheels car, and she is deeply passionate about helping others learn how to navigate politics and find their own power to make things right. Her writing has appeared in Road & Track, Jalopnik, Jezebel, The New York Times, NBC News, CNN, and The New Republic. HATE WON’T WIN is her first book.
 
Mallory graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a degree in industrial design and has lived all over the country before settling down in Royal Oak, Michigan with her husband, Ray, and gray-old-lady rescue dog named Detroit. They have one daughter, Noa, who declared herself at three years old “The Senator of Mallory McMorrow” which feels accurate given Noa is the best negotiator in the family.