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El-Sayed and Stevens feud ahead of key Michigan Senate race

El-Sayed and Stevens feud ahead of key Michigan Senate race

Summary

Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed and Rep. Haley Stevens traded criticism days before a planned joint campaign appearance. Stevens urged El-Sayed to condemn an outside political ad about U.S. aid to Israel and to remove his own ad featuring Tucker Carlson; El-Sayed said Stevens was reopening a primary that had ended three months earlier.

Key Facts

  • El-Sayed and Stevens were expected to appear together Sunday at a Detroit church with Rep. Jim Clyburn.
  • Stevens demanded that El-Sayed apologize for saying Israel was the reason Michigan could not afford schools, health care and child care.
  • Stevens called an ad by the outside group Rebellion PAC antisemitic and urged El-Sayed to condemn it.
  • El-Sayed's campaign said it had no connection to the Rebellion PAC ad.
  • Stevens also called on El-Sayed to take down an ad featuring Tucker Carlson.
  • Stevens endorsed El-Sayed after he won the Democratic nomination, but the two have rarely campaigned together.
  • Stevens said she would vote for El-Sayed, while her fiancé, Jason Turkish, told The Detroit News he would vote for Republican nominee Mike Rogers.
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