El-Sayed Camp Tells Stevens to Stay Away From Events

Michigan Democrats are managing to trip over each other days before a must-win Senate contest. Abdul El-Sayed's campaign has quietly told Rep. Haley Stevens to steer clear of events, after a day of public sparring that party operatives say is the last thing they need with control of the Senate in play, Politico reports. Stevens had originally said she'd join El-Sayed and Rep. Jim Clyburn at a church in Detroit on Sunday, but she then demanded El-Sayed denounce an outside ad she called antisemitic and apologize for past remarks on Israel first, per the Wall Street Journal.

El-Sayed is instead placing his focus on issues like costs for Michigan voters and urged Democrats to move on from their bitter primary and concentrate on defeating Republican Mike Rogers. Republicans are amplifying the rift—Rogers put up a tweet calling Stevens "a courageous leader who deserves the respect of every Michigan voter"—while Democratic figures, including former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, are pleading for unity. "I have no idea what the hell Haley Stevens is doing," says Michigan state Sen. Mallory McMorrow, who'd originally been in the primary with El-Sayed and Stevens, per Politico. "This is a moment where we have to recognize the stakes." More here on why Stevens "can't stop talking" about El-Sayed.