Democrats Rally Behind Abdul El-Sayed After 'Despicable Betrayal' by Haley Stevens | Common Dreams
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Democrats across the party's ideological spectrum—in Michigan and around the country—rallied behind US Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed after his erstwhile primary opponent, Rep. Haley Stevens, endorsed Republican Mike Rogers.

“We know he will fight for the economic interests of working families in Michigan, unlike Mike Rogers, who is a tool of Donald Trump and billionaire donors.”

Democrats across the party’s ideological spectrum—in Michigan and around the country—rallied behind US Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed after his erstwhile primary opponent, Rep. Haley Stevens, endorsed Republican Mike Rogers two days before a race that could decide control of the upper chamber.

While Stevens claimed in a CNN appearance Sunday night that she’s “been hearing from a ton of Dems” privately voicing support for her decision, she received nothing but backlash from fellow Democrats in public. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), who quietly supported Stevens in her primary contest against El-Sayed, said that “this is a despicable betrayal from Rep. Stevens.”

  • halcyoncmdr@piefed.socialEnglish
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    10 hours ago

    This has caused a lot of people to rally around him in Support, while she has absolutely torched any future political career for herself.

    She really no longer had a career anyway if she lost. She was out of the House in January no matter what as soon as she decided to run for Senate.

    She didn’t have the national name recognition for anyone to give a shit about her after she left. So her option was basically become a lobbyist. And this is her audition for her existing donors to prove she’s willing to do what they want when they want it.