Haley Stevens Slammed for Statement Suggesting She's Willing to Sabotage Midterms to Halt Progressive Surge | Common Dreams
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With Michigan’s Senate race on a knife-edge, Haley Stevens is demanding Abdul El-Sayed apologize over Israel and condemn an ad he says he had no role in. Is party infighting handing Republicans an opening?

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

Stevens said she would campaign with El-Sayed this weekend alongside Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC), but demanded that he apologize for comments he has made about Israel on the campaign trail. El-Sayed, like a growing majority of Americans, is deeply critical of US support for Israel’s military, to which it sends billions of dollars in aid annually. Since Israel began attacking Gaza in October 2023, the Biden and Trump administrations have sent $21 billion in military aid to Israel.

The congresswoman demanded that El-Sayed apologize for suggesting “that Israel is the reason Michigan cannot afford schools, healthcare, and childcare.”

“Abdul promises to get money out of politics,” she said. “He can begin by getting Israel out of his explanation for everything Michigan cannot afford.”