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Abdul El-Sayed’s campaign has asked Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI) to steer clear of his campaign events in the waning days of the U.S. Senate race in Michigan, Politico reported on Friday night.
El-Sayed, who is locked in a close race against former Rep. Mike Rogers, defeated Stevens in the Democratic primary despite being outspent nine to one, thanks in large part to more than $30 million poured into the race by the American Israeli Public Affairs Committee. Stevens is a fervent supporter of Israel, stating in 2023, “Israel comes to me in my dreams!” El-Sayed, meanwhile, has said he wants to end U.S. military aid to all countries, including Israel.
Stevens endorsed El-Sayed immediately after the primary, but has since wavered. In a CNN appearance on Sunday, she offered tepid support for him, while criticizing his response to a question about whether Iran or Israel is a greater threat to the U.S. He called it a “ridiculous question,” adding, “I think both of them have proven dangerous in their own way. One at risk of attacking us, one getting us into wars we have no business fighting.”
On Friday morning, Stevens released a statement backing El-Sayed, but calling on him to condemn an ad, which his campaign did not produce. The claims that high grocery prices are the result of U.S. support of Israel. Hours later, El-Sayed responded with his own statement, saying that “while Congresswoman Stevens seems intent on relitigating a primary that ended three months ago, let’s all focus on the task at hand: that’s beating Mike Rogers.”
Later that night, Politico reported that El-Sayed’s campaign had asked Stevens not to attend any more of his campaign events.
“El-Sayed’s campaign is asking Stevens to stay away from all future campaign events in the closing days of the race, two people familiar with the decision, who were granted anonymity to discuss sensitive campaign dynamics, told POLITICO,” the outlet stated. One source said they do not want her “to distract from the central issues of the campaign.”
One Michigan Democratic operative who is not affiliated with El-Sayed’s campaign condemned Stevens.
“Every Democrat was singing the same tune but now, because one person is tone deaf, the whole choir is thrown off,” the person said.
Meanwhile, Michigan state Sen. Mallory McMorrow, who also ran for the Democratic U.S. Senate nomination, told CNN, “I have no idea what the hell Haley Stevens is doing. This is a moment where we have to recognize the stakes.”
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