the ad was def weird but not cuz it connected our bloated military budget and commitment to the genocide to the affordability crisis.
Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is responding to a statement from Rep. Haley Stevens, the Democrat he beat in August's primary, in which she laid out her conditions for appearing with him this Sunday for the first time since the summer.
His response does not meet any of them. Instead, he says Stevens "seems intent on relitigating a primary that ended three months ago" โ a primary, he notes, in which his "people-powered campaign defeated a historic $70M in outside spending from big corporations and AIPAC on behalf of Congresswoman Stevens."
He says Democrats should instead focus on beating Mike Rogers and holding Trump accountable.
In an extraordinary statement for a member of the same party to issue just days before an election, Stevens said she expects El-Sayed to formally condemn an ad released by Rebellion PAC, the group run by Cenk Uygur (whom she refers to as Hasan Piker's uncle), that blames U.S. support for Israel for what Michigan families can't afford at the grocery store.
She also expects him to apologize for his own statements tying Israel to what Michigan can't afford (schools, health care, child care).
And she wants him to take down a campaign ad that features clips of Tucker Carlson and other conservatives, including Lara Trump and Jesse Watters, praising him or attacking Rogers. In the one-minute spot, which El-Sayed's campaign is running on Fox News and Newsmax, Carlson says he "wouldn't vote for Mike Rogers at gunpoint." Stevens calls Carlson a "white Christian nationalist" and says the ad is "an insult to the congregation" that will host them on Sunday.
Stevens is taking fire from inside her own party for the statement.
State Sen. Mallory McMorrow, who dropped out of the primary in July and has been campaigning for El-Sayed, went on CNN Friday afternoon and said she has "no idea what the hell Haley Stevens is doing."

ALT Full Abdul El-Sayed statement graphic on grey padding. Header STATEMENT FROM ABDUL EL-SAYED. Body: his three paragraphs about Michiganders' gas/grocery/doctor challenges, defeating $70M outside spending from corporations and AIPAC on behalf of Congresswoman Stevens, and focusing on beating Mike Rogers, holding Trump accountable, money out of politics, money in pockets, Medicare for All. Footer ABDUL FOR US SENATE.

ALT Full Haley Stevens October 30, 2026 statement graphic on grey padding. Header HALEY STEVENS STATEMENT. Full headline about welcoming El-Sayed's expected condemnation of antisemitic ad and thanking Clyburn. Full body about Detroit church appearance, Rebellion PAC / Cenk Uygur ad, apology expectations, Tucker Carlson ad. Footer @HaleyforMI.