Democratic Nominee Abandons Michigan Voters as Party Insiders Switch to GOP
On the eve of Election Day, key Democratic figures back Republican Mike Rogers, while the nominee stays silent on a controversial ad.
For many voters this shows the Democratic nominee Abdul El‑Sayed, who is running for the U.S. Senate seat in Michigan, is being abandoned by his own party as Rep. Haley Stevens, a Democratic U.S. representative from Michigan, pulls her support and endorses Republican Mike Rogers with just two days left before Election Day; members of the Democratic Party, including Stevens, are lining up behind Rogers.
Critics point out that Abdul El‑Sayed declined to condemn an advertisement that blames U.S. support for Israel for rising grocery prices, and Commentary’s Seth Mandel wrote that Haley Stevens kept "asking El‑Sayed to dial down the campaign's revolting, flamboyant anti‑Semitism; he had blamed the Jews and Israel for everything from the price of groceries and gas to the supposed inability of American children to buy eyeglasses."
The New York Post’s headline urging voters to "Consider voting a split ticket" underscores the turmoil in a race for a U.S. Senate seat in Michigan.
Original reporting
New York Post
Michigan Dems join Haley Stevens in abandoning Abdul El-Sayed on Election Day eve: ‘Consider voting a split ticket’
Trouble is mounting for Michigan Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed as members of his own Democratic Party are lining up behind his Republican opponent, former Rep. Mike Rogers.
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Haley Stevens kept “asking El-Sayed to dial down the campaign’s revolting, flamboyant anti-Semitism; he had blamed the Jews and Israel for everything from the price of groceries and gas to the supposed inability of American children to buy eyeglasses,” observes Commentary’s Seth Mandel.
Read the original →Washington Examiner
Jewish voters put in spotlight in Michigan Senate race after Stevens and el Sayed feud
Rep. Haley Stevens’s (D-MI) decision to pull support from Democratic nominee Abdul el Sayed after he declined to condemn an advertisement blaming U.S. support for Israel for rising grocery prices has thrust Jewish voters into the spotlight heading into Election Day. It’s unclear whether Stevens’s decision to endorse Rogers with only two days left before […]
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Facts this version was allowed to use
- Abdul El-Sayed is the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Michigan.
- Mike Rogers is a former U.S. representative and the Republican opponent of Abdul El-Sayed in the Michigan Senate race.
- Haley Stevens is a Democratic U.S. representative from Michigan.
- Members of the Democratic Party, including Haley Stevens, are lining up behind Mike Rogers, according to the New York Post.
- Haley Stevens decided to pull support from Abdul El-Sayed and endorsed Mike Rogers with two days left before Election Day, according to the Washington Examiner.
- Abdul El-Sayed declined to condemn an advertisement blaming U.S. support for Israel for rising grocery prices, according to the Washington Examiner.
- Commentary's Seth Mandel wrote that Haley Stevens kept "asking El-Sayed to dial down the campaign's revolting, flamboyant anti-Semitism; he had blamed the Jews and Israel for everything from the price of groceries and gas to the supposed inability of American children to buy eyeglasses."
- The New York Post headline quoted "Consider voting a split ticket."
- The race is for a U.S. Senate seat in Michigan.
- The developments occurred on the eve of Election Day.
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