Michigan Democrat Abdul El-Sayed’s former opponent in the U.S. Senate primary, Haley Stevens, stunned party officials Sunday by endorsing Republican Mike Rogers after Democratic tensions boiled over days before the election that could determine the balance of power on Capitol Hill.
Stevens endorsed Rogers after attending a Detroit church service with him. The remarkable show of support for Donald Trump’s backed candidate in the tightly contested race comes after she was uninvited to a joint event the same day with El-Sayed, who defeated the congresswoman by a slim margin in the August primary.
“Our Democratic nominee for Senate said I was no longer welcome in his campaign and that I should stay away,” Stevens said video announcing the endorsement. “And he’s right. And that’s why I am endorsing Mike Rogers for the United States Senate today.”
Wow, she might have either fucked over her own party out of spite or fucked over her own political career.
She’ll have a consulting job on the reich-wing media circuit in no time. Her career will be fine.
“I was a Democrat unti those antisemites pushed me out! That’s why I support our Fuhrer now!”
I get it was a bitter primary. I get she has strong feelings about certain foreign policy issues.
But holy shit, she will be unwelcomed anywhere in Democratic politics forever with this BS. If El-Sayed wins, maybe people will forget in a few years. But if he narrowly loses, she will be a pariah forever. Has she deluded herself into thinking everyone will still talk to her and this will be just a minor point of disagreement they just avoid in their chats?
And it will surprise nobody that she’ll go independent and make friends with all the right wing fascists just like John Fetterman. It’s all about her and the attention she’s going to get from it.
I think it’s mostly about the money she’s getting from Israel for this stunt. But yeah, her ego too.
If El-Sayed lose, she’ll say she would have done better in the general.
Just normal neoliberal shit…
People really forget about Hillary’s PUMA movement in 08, this is literally what they do everytime they lose to someone left of them in a primary.
Her political career will be fine. She can always run as a Republican.
But also,her standing in the Democratic Party might be fine, too. Don’t underestimate how much they want to put the even vaguely leftists into their place, or how afraid they are of having all of these Muslims on their ballots.
This is a career building move what are you talking about?
Her career is definitely over as a politician