In the final days of the US Senate campaign in Michigan, Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed is leading in polls, winning praise for taking Donald Trump and his Republican opponent to task with incisive humor, and providing a clear closing message in evocative ads.

But his former Democratic primary opponent, Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.), said Friday that while she reiterated this week her decision to support El-Sayed in next Tuesday’s election—a plan not shared by her fiancé, who publicly announced he would vote for Republican former Rep. Mike Rogers—she was demanding concessions from the Democratic candidate, in a statement that sought to tie him to a recent online ad by an outside group.

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[–] 34 points 1 week ago (1 child)

This whole kerfuffel seemed to mainly revolve around a tv ad, which her husband claims is antisemitic. Because it criticizes the amount of money the US sends to Israel. They asked Al Sayed to denounce the ad (which wasn’t even run by him, it was done by a PAC.) So he wouldn’t denounce the ad or whatever. It didn’t look antisemitic to me. Requires quite a stretch to get there.

The democrats sure are trying hard to sabotage themselves yet again.

Btw, was this the same woman who showed up drunk on a local tv morning talk show? Or was that someone else from the Midwest somewhere?

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  • [–] 8 points 1 week ago*

    No, that wasn't her, but I understand why'd you be confused.

    No, this lady is perfectly sober when she opens her mouth, and stupid falls out, with that stupid fake accent. I've spent a lot of time with Michiganers, and I've never heard any one sound like her. She's wildly exaggerating that accent, the way some Southerners talk like Foghorn Leghorn. She thinks it's charming, but it's stupid and manipulative.

    She's a MAGA Democrat. It's people like her that have allowed MAGA to have and use their power.

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