Ex-Michigan Gov. Jim Blanchard (D) — a longtime friend of Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) — revealed that her stunning endorsement of U.S. Senate nominee Mike Rogers ® occurred less than 48 hours after she told him over dinner that she planned to reiterate her support for Rogers’ opponent, Democrat Abdul El-Sayed.
In the lead-up to Sunday, the congresswoman — who is backed by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee — and her fiancé, Jason Turkish, ramped up their criticisms toward El-Sayed’s views on Israel, pressuring the progressive to denounce ads backing his bid that they called “hateful” and antisemitic.
Turkish — who is Jewish and has donated to AIPAC — had endorsed Rogers days before attending the dinner with Stevens on Friday.
Blanchard, speaking on Turkish’s behavior at the dinner, told Gongwer, “He was working her over.”
“The way he was saying it was, ‘Everyone is disappointed in you, they did everything they could to help you and then immediately after you lose the primary, you endorsed him,’” Blanchard said.
I mean ok, but she was running for major national office, maybe it shouldn’t be that fucking easy to manipulate her into saying and doing things that run contrary to her previously stated values.
That’s a major problem for a Senator to have, and it seems Michigan dodged a bullet. This is why primaries are so important.
Oh, for sure, no argument there. I’m not defending her character, she sucks, end of discussion. I’m just pointing out that no one needs to start coming up with weird-ass conspiracy theories to explain how this happened.