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‘A despicable betrayal’: Democrats incensed by Haley Stevens’s endorsement of Mike Rogers
Stevens’s decision sparked fierce backlash from members of the party, while Donald Trump praised the sudden switch Democrat Haley Stevens’s shocking last-minute endorsement of Mike Rogers, the Michigan Republican Senate candidate, in the run-up to Tuesday’s midterm elections has sparked fierce backl
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What the coverage shows
All outlets frame this as a striking last-minute crossover endorsement by Haley Stevens in Michigan’s Senate race, and most note the fallout for Abdul El-Sayed and the Democratic Party. Several, including NBC News, CBS News, The Hill and Politico, stress the dispute between Stevens and El-Sayed, while Fox News and The Guardian US foreground unusually sharp reactions; only NBC News says the endorsement followed a campaign dispute over an outside ad Stevens called antisemitic. CNBC alone notes Stevens had already lost the Democratic nomination.
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