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.”
I just watched his 60 minute interview and I’m not sure. He definitely is “on the left” I would say that he is really harping on his faith so I think he’s trying to look more central. He was dancing all over the place and bending over backwards to justify his positions without saying he’s a socialist. He kept saying explicitly he was a capitalist which like no, bro you’re a worker just like everyone else who isn’t a big dog running industries but I think he’s doing that bullshit pander to the middle thing that Dems love to do so it’s really hard to pin down where he lands. Given the options in his race I’d vote for him in a heartbeat but I didn’t finish the interview especially impressed and several times I was thinking I could have given a better answer than he did… idk he’s the one to win that race but I can’t really tell where on the left he falls
What muricans see as left is normal ground in the rest of the world
The guy and his wife own several rental properties. Including one in Dubai if reports are to be believed.
Obviously, he’s the best of the available candidates in that race, I just take issue with him constantly being labeled a leftist. It just seems like more racheting of the Overton Window to the right.