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On Election Day, We All Get to Be Haley Stevens and Pick the (Hopefully) Less Lousy Candidates

Once again, Americans will have to live with the consequences of their political choices.

J.D. Tuccille | 11.3.2026 11:00 AM

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However they voted, Americans waking up Wednesday morning can probably sympathize with Rep. Haley Stevens (D–Mich.), who surprised campaign watchers by rescinding her support for her party's Senate nominee, Abdul El-Sayed, and endorsing Republican Mike Rogers in the race. After her past harsh words for the GOP hopeful, Stevens seems an unlikely Rogers fan. Instead, it appears she concluded that he sucks less than the Democrat and cast her lot accordingly. Most voters can sympathize.

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Picking a "Grifter" Over "Hate"

In the past, Stevens called out Rogers as a "MAGA grifter" and "an out-of-touch, out-of-state millionaire." That's pointed, but it's standard-issue political rhetoric for 2026. Those taunts pale in comparison to the charge, leveled in her video announcing the about-face, of "hate… from our Democratic nominee." Stevens also criticized El-Sayed's association with Hasan Piker, the communist-curious influencer who frequently lashes out at Israel and Jews.

Stevens, whose pro-Israel stance is well-known, broke with El-Sayed after he refused to denounce an antisemitic ad targeted at Rogers that had been produced by a PAC associated with Piker's uncle, media personality Cenk Uygur. Earlier this year, El-Sayed also........

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