Donavan McKinney for Congress
@donavanmckinney.bsky.social
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Our community deserves a Representative who actually knows how much groceries cost — and why that cost matters for families.
Instead, #MI13 has an out-of-touch multimillionaire who has more in common with Trump & Elon than any of us.
I'm running to replace him. Are you with me?
Instead, #MI13 has an out-of-touch multimillionaire who has more in common with Trump & Elon than any of us.
I'm running to replace him. Are you with me?
Together, we are building the BIGGEST & BADDEST COALITION IN THE COUNTRY 💙
So honored to have the support of more than 110 national, state & local leaders, and orgs in our movement, fighting for us from Detroit to Downriver & all across the Mighty 13th 🎉
So honored to have the support of more than 110 national, state & local leaders, and orgs in our movement, fighting for us from Detroit to Downriver & all across the Mighty 13th 🎉
February 2, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Together, we are building the BIGGEST & BADDEST COALITION IN THE COUNTRY 💙
So honored to have the support of more than 110 national, state & local leaders, and orgs in our movement, fighting for us from Detroit to Downriver & all across the Mighty 13th 🎉
So honored to have the support of more than 110 national, state & local leaders, and orgs in our movement, fighting for us from Detroit to Downriver & all across the Mighty 13th 🎉
Happy 1st Day of Black History Month 🙌🏾
During a time when some are actively trying to erase Black history, it’s especially important to celebrate and call attention to Black Americans who have shaped our world's history with innovation and leadership.
During a time when some are actively trying to erase Black history, it’s especially important to celebrate and call attention to Black Americans who have shaped our world's history with innovation and leadership.
February 1, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Happy 1st Day of Black History Month 🙌🏾
During a time when some are actively trying to erase Black history, it’s especially important to celebrate and call attention to Black Americans who have shaped our world's history with innovation and leadership.
During a time when some are actively trying to erase Black history, it’s especially important to celebrate and call attention to Black Americans who have shaped our world's history with innovation and leadership.
MICHIGAN just beat Michigan State at the Breslin Center for the 1st time since 2018 〽️
#20And1
#BigBrotherTakingCareOfBusiness
#HAILToTheVictors
#ForeverGOBLUE
#20And1
#BigBrotherTakingCareOfBusiness
#HAILToTheVictors
#ForeverGOBLUE
January 31, 2026 at 3:43 AM
MICHIGAN just beat Michigan State at the Breslin Center for the 1st time since 2018 〽️
#20And1
#BigBrotherTakingCareOfBusiness
#HAILToTheVictors
#ForeverGOBLUE
#20And1
#BigBrotherTakingCareOfBusiness
#HAILToTheVictors
#ForeverGOBLUE
Proud to Stand with Minnesota on the House Floor 💙
#AlwaysWithThePeople
#InjusticeAnywhereIsAThreatToJusticeEverywhere
#GetInGOODTrouble
#MakeYourVoicesHeard
#WeDeserveBetter
#AlwaysWithThePeople
#InjusticeAnywhereIsAThreatToJusticeEverywhere
#GetInGOODTrouble
#MakeYourVoicesHeard
#WeDeserveBetter
January 29, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Proud to Stand with Minnesota on the House Floor 💙
#AlwaysWithThePeople
#InjusticeAnywhereIsAThreatToJusticeEverywhere
#GetInGOODTrouble
#MakeYourVoicesHeard
#WeDeserveBetter
#AlwaysWithThePeople
#InjusticeAnywhereIsAThreatToJusticeEverywhere
#GetInGOODTrouble
#MakeYourVoicesHeard
#WeDeserveBetter
I am honored to have the endorsement of Sunrise in our fight to bring real representation back to our community. Thank you, Sunrise!
#AlwaysWithThePeople
#AlwaysWithThePeople
We are proud to endorse @donavanmckinney.bsky.social in MI-13.
He’s a new generation of leadership who will stand up to Trump, take on billionaire interests, and fight for working families.
Let's send a fighter for working people to Congress.
He’s a new generation of leadership who will stand up to Trump, take on billionaire interests, and fight for working families.
Let's send a fighter for working people to Congress.
January 26, 2026 at 8:50 PM
I am honored to have the endorsement of Sunrise in our fight to bring real representation back to our community. Thank you, Sunrise!
#AlwaysWithThePeople
#AlwaysWithThePeople
13 years ago today, as an organizer & student at THE University of Michigan (about 9 of us from all different races & backgrounds) came together & fought the University to have the amazing & brilliant Dr. Angela Davis be our Speaker at the 27th MLK Jr. Symposium in Ann Arbor.
January 22, 2026 at 10:15 PM
13 years ago today, as an organizer & student at THE University of Michigan (about 9 of us from all different races & backgrounds) came together & fought the University to have the amazing & brilliant Dr. Angela Davis be our Speaker at the 27th MLK Jr. Symposium in Ann Arbor.
Yesterday, I was nominated by the community & to my surprise WON the 2026 Ryan Bates Founders Award at Michigan United's MLK "My Freedom. My Resistance. Our America." Celebration hosted in full a sanctuary at the historic Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church in Detroit (EAST SIDE) 🎉
January 21, 2026 at 4:36 AM
Yesterday, I was nominated by the community & to my surprise WON the 2026 Ryan Bates Founders Award at Michigan United's MLK "My Freedom. My Resistance. Our America." Celebration hosted in full a sanctuary at the historic Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church in Detroit (EAST SIDE) 🎉
Happy MLK Day 💙
Started off today attending the Annual Prayer Breakfast at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History.
Had a great time and saw some familiar faces.
Started off today attending the Annual Prayer Breakfast at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History.
Had a great time and saw some familiar faces.
January 20, 2026 at 4:04 AM
Happy MLK Day 💙
Started off today attending the Annual Prayer Breakfast at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History.
Had a great time and saw some familiar faces.
Started off today attending the Annual Prayer Breakfast at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History.
Had a great time and saw some familiar faces.
The Mighty 13th deserves a Congressman with a backbone who will actually stand up to Trump — not someone who will vote with 188 Republicans to support his horrific policies and enact his Project 2025 agenda.
From Detroit to Downriver and beyond, we deserve better.
From Detroit to Downriver and beyond, we deserve better.
January 16, 2026 at 12:09 AM
The Mighty 13th deserves a Congressman with a backbone who will actually stand up to Trump — not someone who will vote with 188 Republicans to support his horrific policies and enact his Project 2025 agenda.
From Detroit to Downriver and beyond, we deserve better.
From Detroit to Downriver and beyond, we deserve better.
I spent today in the streets hearing about how this current administration is hurting Detroiters & the people across the Mighty 13th 🙏🏾
The cruelty from ICE needs to end. We deserve better from our leaders.
The cruelty from ICE needs to end. We deserve better from our leaders.
January 14, 2026 at 5:00 AM
I spent today in the streets hearing about how this current administration is hurting Detroiters & the people across the Mighty 13th 🙏🏾
The cruelty from ICE needs to end. We deserve better from our leaders.
The cruelty from ICE needs to end. We deserve better from our leaders.
I want to take the time to wish my amazing and beautiful Mom a HAPPY BIRTHDAY 🥳🎉🥳
Thank you Mom for always believing in me and being there for me and my brother.
I know it wasn't easy raising 2 Black Boys in Detroit with very little to no resources.
Thank you Mom for always believing in me and being there for me and my brother.
I know it wasn't easy raising 2 Black Boys in Detroit with very little to no resources.
January 13, 2026 at 5:25 AM
I want to take the time to wish my amazing and beautiful Mom a HAPPY BIRTHDAY 🥳🎉🥳
Thank you Mom for always believing in me and being there for me and my brother.
I know it wasn't easy raising 2 Black Boys in Detroit with very little to no resources.
Thank you Mom for always believing in me and being there for me and my brother.
I know it wasn't easy raising 2 Black Boys in Detroit with very little to no resources.
Happy 112th Founders' Day to the great men of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. 🤘🏾
At midnight, we got to celebrate on the grounds of where we were founded at Howard University aka "The Mecca" on January 9, 1914 here in Washington, D.C. 💙
#BluPhi
#Happy112thFoundersDay
#PBS1914
#AlwaysWithThePeople
At midnight, we got to celebrate on the grounds of where we were founded at Howard University aka "The Mecca" on January 9, 1914 here in Washington, D.C. 💙
#BluPhi
#Happy112thFoundersDay
#PBS1914
#AlwaysWithThePeople
January 10, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Happy 112th Founders' Day to the great men of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. 🤘🏾
At midnight, we got to celebrate on the grounds of where we were founded at Howard University aka "The Mecca" on January 9, 1914 here in Washington, D.C. 💙
#BluPhi
#Happy112thFoundersDay
#PBS1914
#AlwaysWithThePeople
At midnight, we got to celebrate on the grounds of where we were founded at Howard University aka "The Mecca" on January 9, 1914 here in Washington, D.C. 💙
#BluPhi
#Happy112thFoundersDay
#PBS1914
#AlwaysWithThePeople
THANK YOU to all of the people in this great state who fought to restore the $645M that the House Republicans last month unilaterally clawed back from our communities 🙏🏾
Yesterday, AG Nessel issued a formal opinion confirming that the Republicans careless & lawless act was UNCONSTITUTIONAL 🎉🎉🎉
Yesterday, AG Nessel issued a formal opinion confirming that the Republicans careless & lawless act was UNCONSTITUTIONAL 🎉🎉🎉
January 9, 2026 at 12:26 AM
THANK YOU to all of the people in this great state who fought to restore the $645M that the House Republicans last month unilaterally clawed back from our communities 🙏🏾
Yesterday, AG Nessel issued a formal opinion confirming that the Republicans careless & lawless act was UNCONSTITUTIONAL 🎉🎉🎉
Yesterday, AG Nessel issued a formal opinion confirming that the Republicans careless & lawless act was UNCONSTITUTIONAL 🎉🎉🎉
11 years ago TODAY, the late great Honorable Congressman John Conyers, Jr. from Detroit became the 1st Black Dean of the U.S. House of Representatives 🎉
January 8, 2026 at 4:59 AM
11 years ago TODAY, the late great Honorable Congressman John Conyers, Jr. from Detroit became the 1st Black Dean of the U.S. House of Representatives 🎉
My heart is heavy for the Minnesotan killed today while protesting ICE in Minneapolis, and for her family and loved ones. ICE's actions terrorizing our communities not only force our immigrant and mixed-status communities to live in fear, but it makes all of us less safe.
January 7, 2026 at 11:07 PM
My heart is heavy for the Minnesotan killed today while protesting ICE in Minneapolis, and for her family and loved ones. ICE's actions terrorizing our communities not only force our immigrant and mixed-status communities to live in fear, but it makes all of us less safe.
Oil. Greed. Capitalism. War. No Congressional Approval. And A Mounting Economic & Healthcare Crisis Here At Home
Who Suffers In The End..US (We All Do) 💔
Here's a clip from the Chappelle Show "Black Bush" skit that reminded me of what Trump is doing right now
#WeDeserveBetter
#AlwaysWithThePeople
Who Suffers In The End..US (We All Do) 💔
Here's a clip from the Chappelle Show "Black Bush" skit that reminded me of what Trump is doing right now
#WeDeserveBetter
#AlwaysWithThePeople
January 4, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Oil. Greed. Capitalism. War. No Congressional Approval. And A Mounting Economic & Healthcare Crisis Here At Home
Who Suffers In The End..US (We All Do) 💔
Here's a clip from the Chappelle Show "Black Bush" skit that reminded me of what Trump is doing right now
#WeDeserveBetter
#AlwaysWithThePeople
Who Suffers In The End..US (We All Do) 💔
Here's a clip from the Chappelle Show "Black Bush" skit that reminded me of what Trump is doing right now
#WeDeserveBetter
#AlwaysWithThePeople
Yesterday, my oldest son Donavan had a half-day at daycare, so he got to spend the rest of the day with me in Lansing.
We went to meetings together, session, and welcomed our new Detroit Mayor-Elect Mary Sheffield to the Capitol 💙
#AlwaysWithThePeople
#LittleDonavanTakesOverLansing
#DadLife
We went to meetings together, session, and welcomed our new Detroit Mayor-Elect Mary Sheffield to the Capitol 💙
#AlwaysWithThePeople
#LittleDonavanTakesOverLansing
#DadLife
December 19, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Yesterday, my oldest son Donavan had a half-day at daycare, so he got to spend the rest of the day with me in Lansing.
We went to meetings together, session, and welcomed our new Detroit Mayor-Elect Mary Sheffield to the Capitol 💙
#AlwaysWithThePeople
#LittleDonavanTakesOverLansing
#DadLife
We went to meetings together, session, and welcomed our new Detroit Mayor-Elect Mary Sheffield to the Capitol 💙
#AlwaysWithThePeople
#LittleDonavanTakesOverLansing
#DadLife
Yesterday, I spoke at the "Communities, Not Cuts" Rally held on the steps of the Capitol calling out House Republicans for cutting over $645M in already appropriated funding.
I was quoted in the Michigan Advance
#CommunitiesNotCuts
#FightingForYouEveryday
#GetInGoodTrouble
#AlwaysWithThePeople
I was quoted in the Michigan Advance
#CommunitiesNotCuts
#FightingForYouEveryday
#GetInGoodTrouble
#AlwaysWithThePeople
December 17, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Yesterday, I spoke at the "Communities, Not Cuts" Rally held on the steps of the Capitol calling out House Republicans for cutting over $645M in already appropriated funding.
I was quoted in the Michigan Advance
#CommunitiesNotCuts
#FightingForYouEveryday
#GetInGoodTrouble
#AlwaysWithThePeople
I was quoted in the Michigan Advance
#CommunitiesNotCuts
#FightingForYouEveryday
#GetInGoodTrouble
#AlwaysWithThePeople
Last week, I was invited to speak at Community Solar Day at the Capitol.
We're leading the fight for affordable utility bills, strengthening the grid, as well as Michigan's workforce through labor standards while creating union jobs 💙
#FightingForYouEveryday
#CommunitySolar
#OurBillsAreTooDamnHigh
We're leading the fight for affordable utility bills, strengthening the grid, as well as Michigan's workforce through labor standards while creating union jobs 💙
#FightingForYouEveryday
#CommunitySolar
#OurBillsAreTooDamnHigh
December 16, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Last week, I was invited to speak at Community Solar Day at the Capitol.
We're leading the fight for affordable utility bills, strengthening the grid, as well as Michigan's workforce through labor standards while creating union jobs 💙
#FightingForYouEveryday
#CommunitySolar
#OurBillsAreTooDamnHigh
We're leading the fight for affordable utility bills, strengthening the grid, as well as Michigan's workforce through labor standards while creating union jobs 💙
#FightingForYouEveryday
#CommunitySolar
#OurBillsAreTooDamnHigh
Please be careful on the roads this morning. Many schools have closed today because of the weather.
On the way to Lansing right now for Committee, meetings & session. Praying safe travels for everyone 🙏🏾
Here are a few photos when my wife and I took the kiddos to see Sesame Street Live 💙
#DadLife
On the way to Lansing right now for Committee, meetings & session. Praying safe travels for everyone 🙏🏾
Here are a few photos when my wife and I took the kiddos to see Sesame Street Live 💙
#DadLife
December 10, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Please be careful on the roads this morning. Many schools have closed today because of the weather.
On the way to Lansing right now for Committee, meetings & session. Praying safe travels for everyone 🙏🏾
Here are a few photos when my wife and I took the kiddos to see Sesame Street Live 💙
#DadLife
On the way to Lansing right now for Committee, meetings & session. Praying safe travels for everyone 🙏🏾
Here are a few photos when my wife and I took the kiddos to see Sesame Street Live 💙
#DadLife
Yesterday, I joined the picket line in support of the Bricklayers union and our brothers and sisters in the Building Trades, as well as spoke at the Detroit-Hamtramck Coalition's press conference advocating for the right to breathe clean air here in our own communities 💙
#AlwaysWithThePeople
#AlwaysWithThePeople
December 2, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Yesterday, I joined the picket line in support of the Bricklayers union and our brothers and sisters in the Building Trades, as well as spoke at the Detroit-Hamtramck Coalition's press conference advocating for the right to breathe clean air here in our own communities 💙
#AlwaysWithThePeople
#AlwaysWithThePeople
At THE GAME 〽️
Michigan beating Ohio State right now 6 to 0 💙
#MichiganVsOhioState
#TheGame
#HAILToTheVictors
#ForeverGOBLUE
Michigan beating Ohio State right now 6 to 0 💙
#MichiganVsOhioState
#TheGame
#HAILToTheVictors
#ForeverGOBLUE
November 29, 2025 at 5:41 PM
At THE GAME 〽️
Michigan beating Ohio State right now 6 to 0 💙
#MichiganVsOhioState
#TheGame
#HAILToTheVictors
#ForeverGOBLUE
Michigan beating Ohio State right now 6 to 0 💙
#MichiganVsOhioState
#TheGame
#HAILToTheVictors
#ForeverGOBLUE
HAPPY THANKSGIVING from The McKinney's 🦃
At home with the babies and family watching our DETROIT Lions try to pull off a comeback win 🙏🏾
Baby Donavan is wide awake while Baby Robert & Baby Nyla are fast asleep in my arms 💙
#HappyThanksgiving
#DadLife
#GoLIONS
#7And5
#Grateful
#DetroitVsEverybody
At home with the babies and family watching our DETROIT Lions try to pull off a comeback win 🙏🏾
Baby Donavan is wide awake while Baby Robert & Baby Nyla are fast asleep in my arms 💙
#HappyThanksgiving
#DadLife
#GoLIONS
#7And5
#Grateful
#DetroitVsEverybody
November 27, 2025 at 9:37 PM
HAPPY THANKSGIVING from The McKinney's 🦃
At home with the babies and family watching our DETROIT Lions try to pull off a comeback win 🙏🏾
Baby Donavan is wide awake while Baby Robert & Baby Nyla are fast asleep in my arms 💙
#HappyThanksgiving
#DadLife
#GoLIONS
#7And5
#Grateful
#DetroitVsEverybody
At home with the babies and family watching our DETROIT Lions try to pull off a comeback win 🙏🏾
Baby Donavan is wide awake while Baby Robert & Baby Nyla are fast asleep in my arms 💙
#HappyThanksgiving
#DadLife
#GoLIONS
#7And5
#Grateful
#DetroitVsEverybody
Earlier this week, I spoke in the House Appropriations committee about our collective concerns surrounding funding and support to remediate the widespread black mold in Women's Huron Valley facility, which is our only women prison in the sate of Michigan.
November 15, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Earlier this week, I spoke in the House Appropriations committee about our collective concerns surrounding funding and support to remediate the widespread black mold in Women's Huron Valley facility, which is our only women prison in the sate of Michigan.