Stevens defects to back El-Sayed’s Michigan opponent as Trump delivers anti-Muslim tirade | First Thing

What happened: Congresswoman Haley Stevens, who lost the Michigan Democratic Senate primary to Abdul El-Sayed, endorsed his Republican rival Mike Rogers in a video posted to X after attending an event with him in Detroit. Why it matters: The endorsement caps an escalating feud between the former primary rivals, primarily over support for Israel, that the content says has roiled one of the most fiercely contested Senate contests of the cycle.

Congresswoman Haley Stevens, who lost the Michigan Democratic Senate primary to Abdul El-Sayed, endorsed his Republican rival Mike Rogers in a video posted to X after attending an event with him in Detroit.

The endorsement caps an escalating feud between the former primary rivals, primarily over support for Israel, that the content says has roiled one of the most fiercely contested Senate contests of the cycle.