University Regent Candidate's Leaked Messages Spark Controversy

0:00On April 18th, leak-slack messages from University of Michigan-region candidate Michael Acker are stirring up drama just days before a key. Democratic Convention. The crude texts, verified by the Guardian, include graphic sexual comments about women, like boasting about a buddy's hookup and mocking a Jewish. Students' health issues with a photo. Acker, a pro-Israel board member facing re-election, posted them in a group from 2020 to 2021. This heated race for two region seats. Pits Acker against progressive attorney Amir McCleod and incumbent Paul Brown. Regions oversee the massive public university, and tensions are high amid campus battles over Israel criticism. Acker helped push rare student prosecutions and surveillance on pro-Palestinian protesters, which got dropped after exposés, while McCleod defended. Those kids. McCleod slammed the messages as reprehensible of true, especially after his own backlash for retweeting praise for a Hezbollah leader and anti-Israel.

1:01Posts, costing him a union endorsement. Acker's got big backers like Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Senate hopeful Mallory McMarrow, both with personal histories of speaking out on sexual. Assault in harassment. Neither Whitmer nor the university responded to questions, and it's unclear if endorsements will stick. Meanwhile, McCleod's framing it as hypocrisy after his troubles. Delegates vote April 19th to pick November nominees, so these texts could flip the script before results drop Sunday night.