Dem in Trump district race scrubs social media of posts praising progressives: 'Scam artist'

Fox News ^ | May 9, 2025 | Andrew Mark Miller

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The Rebecca Bennett campaign tells Fox News Digital the criticism shows she is a 'threat' to win the seat..

A Democrat running for Congress in New Jersey who has been positioning herself as a moderate to unseat the sitting Republican in a pro-Trump district, has deleted several social media posts promoting progressive candidates and causes.

Democrat Rebecca Bennett, who is running in the Democratic primary to unseat GOP Rep. Thomas Kean Jr. in New Jersey’s 7th Congressional District, is a Navy veteran and current member of the Air National Guard who has been labeled by local media as a "moderate" in a race the Cook Political Report ranks as "Lean Republican."

A Fox News Digital review of Bennett’s X account, which was created in July 2011 and recently converted from @BigRedBecks to @RebeccaForNJ07, shows several deleted posts that seemingly drift away from the "moderate" label, including praise of progressive Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren.

"Love her," Bennett said in a now-deleted post about Warren in 2019.

"I love everything about this," Bennett said in a now-deleted post praising a video mashup of Warren to the tune of a Taylor Swift song. "(Except the misogyny that makes it real…)

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Bennett has also removed posts praising former Vice President Kamala Harris,

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If elected, Bennett would serve alongside Democrat New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker, who she praised in 2020, calling him the "best senator." That post has since been deleted.

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Bennett also deleted a post that appears to support the first impeachment of President Trump.

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Bennett is not the first New Jersey Democrat running for Congress to face scrutiny over deleted social media posts.

Sue Altman, who was defeated by Kean in 2024, faced heated criticism for deleting social media posts that were critical of law enforcement.

[Steely Tom]

New Jersey XX voters will elect her.

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