Haley Stevens endorses Mike Rogers, ditches far-left Abdul El-Sayed 

With the hours counting down before tomorrow’s midterm elections, there was a huge development in my home state of Michigan this weekend. Exhibiting a stunning rejection of leftist Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed, Rep. Haley Stevens has unexpectedly endorsed Mike Rogers, the Republican candidate, in that Senate race.  

Her announcement, posted to X on Sunday afternoon, followed days of escalating hostilities with El-Sayed, who defeated Stevens in the Democratic Senate primary. She initially endorsed her fellow Democrat, but then Stevens’s fiancé, Jason Turkish, stated last week he could not vote for El-Sayed, citing the candidate’s insufficient distance from Hasan Piker, Cenk Uygur and other unrelenting progressive critics of Israel.  

That prompted El-Sayed to disinvite Stevens from all future campaign events; Rogers clearly sensed an opportunity, and secured Stevens’s support after reaching out to her.  

Unsurprisingly, Democrats are furious, and are roundly denouncing her as a traitor. Her congressional staff is resigning en masse, apparently blindsided by the reversal. Even moderate liberal commentators who had preferred Stevens over El-Sayed in the primary are furious with her. Neera Tanden, a Democratic consultant who often feuds with the left wing of her party, accused Stevens of betraying “all of her supporters.” Activist David Hogg wrote that everyone who had backed Stevens over El-Sayed should apologize and condemn her. And commentator Matthew Yglesias wrote that he was very mad at Stevens.  

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