Haley Stevens was booked for a unity event with Abdul El-Sayed on Sunday. She showed up at a Detroit church with Mike Rogers instead.
Fake breaking news, but real: the unity event had no unity.
Stevens lost the Democratic primary to El-Sayed. She then backed him. Last week she told CNN she would vote for the Democratic nominee. Of course, she said. Two days before Election Day, she un-of-coursed herself.
That is a 48-hour hold time. Your last meme stock was a longer relationship.
Her stated reason: El-Sayed's campaign told her to stay away, and she says he was right. Technically, that is a man being agreed with. Nobody has ever been so politely evicted and so promptly joined the landlord's rival.
Her fiance, Jason Turkish, said he was voting for Rogers too. Imagine the dinner table. Imagine the grocery bill. Cenk Uygur's ad blamed Israel for grocery prices, which is a bold theory from a man who has presumably never seen a grocery store receipt next to a Fed minutes release.
Chuck Schumer says Senate Democrats are united behind El-Sayed. United is a strong word for a party whose own congresswoman is currently praying with the opposition. El-Sayed said he doesn't think about Haley Stevens. He then spent Sunday being asked about Haley Stevens.
Donald Trump called it great and almost unprecedented loyalty to Michigan. Loyalty to Michigan, from a person who ditched her own party's nominee. Sure. Loyalty is the new rotation trade.
Rogers, standing beside her, said he was glad he wasn't running against her. Sir, you were just handed a free endorsement. Hand her a coat and leave.
The Senate majority could hinge on this race. Millions of dollars, thousands of ads, one church service. Charts cannot model this. Support lines broke on Sunday, and they were human.
If you traded the Michigan Senate race on vibes, congratulations. Your edge was a Democrat's fiance.
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