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Michigan Congresswoman Haley Stevens is facing intense backlash from fellow Democrats after endorsing Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers. Prominent party figures, including Chuck Schumer and Neera Tanden, have publicly condemned the move as a betrayal of Democratic values.
Why it matters
This internal party conflict highlights deep divisions within the Democratic party ahead of critical midterm elections.
Prominent Democrats and former Haley Stevens supporters condemned the Michigan congresswoman after she endorsed Republican Senate nominee Mike Rogers , calling the move a "betrayal" and urging voters to back Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed.
“Senate Democrats are united in our support for Abdul El-Sayed, because 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," Schumer, a Jewish Democrat, said in a statement.
"We Democrats equally united in our total revulsion at the racist, Islamophobic, and over-the-top false attacks on Abdul by Republicans. These attacks are evidence of the total bankruptcy of the Republican Party today, who resort to ugly and un-American fearmongering because they have nothing to offer on the problems that concern people today.”
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