Stevens on fiance voting for Rogers: ‘We’re a household divided’

Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) said Wednesday she is still supporting Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed after her fiance announced he would back the GOP candidate, former Rep. Mike Rogers (Mich.), in the contest. 

“Like a lot of households in America, we’re a household divided,” she told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins. “I still very much want our Democratic nominee, his name is Abdul, to win this race.”

Stevens publicly backed El-Sayed in the race after he narrowly defeated her in Michigan’s August Democratic primary. 

This week, her former campaign chair David Kramer and her fiance, Jason Turkish, said they would not support the Democrat over comments they deemed as antisemitic. Both men said they would vote for Rogers instead.

In a Wednesday interview with The Detroit News, Turkish said he has witnessed an “escalation” in El-Sayed’s rhetoric since his primary win. 

“We have never seen a candidate for U.S. Senate act so recklessly toward the safety of Jews in the community as we........

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