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

FIRST ON FOX: A Democrat moving for Congress successful New Jersey who has been positioning herself arsenic a mean to unseat the sitting Republican successful a pro-Trump district, has deleted respective societal media posts promoting progressive candidates and causes.

Democrat Rebecca Bennett, who is moving successful the Democratic superior to unseat GOP Rep. Thomas Kean Jr. successful New Jersey’s 7th Congressional District, is simply a Navy seasoned and existent subordinate of the Air Force National Guard who has been labeled by section media arsenic a "moderate" successful a contention the Cook Political Report ranks arsenic "Lean Republican."

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

"Love her," Bennett said successful a now-deleted post astir Warren successful 2019. 

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Democratic House campaigner Rebecca Bennett deleted respective posts praising progressive politicians. (Rebecca Bennett for Congress/Getty)

"I emotion everything astir this," Bennett said successful 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…) #TeamWarren."

Bennett has besides removed posts praising erstwhile Vice President Kamala Harris, who was defeated by President Donald Trump, not lone nationally, but besides narrowly with voters successful Kean’s territory by conscionable implicit 1 percent point. 

"Let’s Goooooo," Bennett wrote successful a now-deleted post aft Harris was announced arsenic then-former Vice President Joe Biden’s moving mate successful 2020. 

If elected, Bennett would service alongside Democratic New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker, who she praised successful 2020, calling him the "best senator." That station has since been deleted. 

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren speaks connected the 4th and past time of the Democratic National Convention astatine the United Center successful Chicago connected Aug. 22, 2024. ( SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

During the civilian unrest and rioting that erupted aft the decease of George Floyd successful 2020, Bennett posted connected X that she agreed successful a now-deleted post with a remark from erstwhile Obama run strategist David Plouffe, wherever helium said House Democrats should "hold hearings" and analyse instrumentality enforcement officials responding to the riots.

Bennett besides deleted a post that appears to enactment the archetypal impeachment of President Trump.

Bennett's announcement video, which is astir 2 minutes long, does not notation that she is simply a Democrat.

Democrat Rebecca Bennett, moving successful the Democratic superior to unseat GOP Rep. Thomas Kean Jr., pictured here, successful New Jersey’s 7th Congressional District. (Getty Images)

In a connection to Fox News Digital, National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) spokeswoman Maureen O'Toole said, "It’s wide Rebecca Bennett is desperately trying to tally distant from her past and screen up her radical, retired of interaction agenda."

"But New Jersey voters spot close done her enactment and cognize precisely who she is: a extremist scam creator who can’t beryllium trusted."

Bennett's team, successful a connection to Fox News Digital, did not code wherefore the posts were removed but dismissed the disapproval from the NRCC. 

"It’s nary astonishment to spot the NRCC and blimpish quality outlets commencement attacking Rebecca, due to the fact that they cognize she is simply a superior menace to bushed Congressman Tom Kean adjacent November and flip NJ7," Dan Bryan, elder advisor to the Bennett campaign, said. 

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"Rebecca and her run volition proceed to disregard recycled atrocious religion attacks from right-wing outlets and absorption connected her grounds serving this state and Congressman Kean’s nonaccomplishment to present for moving families successful our district."

Bennett is not the archetypal New Jersey Democrat moving for Congress to look scrutiny implicit deleted societal media posts.

Sue Altman, who was defeated by Kean successful 2024, faced heated criticism for deleting societal media posts that were captious of instrumentality enforcement. 

The contention successful NJ-07 volition beryllium intimately watched successful adjacent year's midterm elections fixed the bladed bulk Republicans presently clasp successful the House of Representatives, wherever the GOP presently holds 220 seats compared to 215 for the Democrats.