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US Senate candidate El-Sayed wants Democratic rival to stay away · GNN Daily Breaking News

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  Speaker 1: Michigan Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed has formally asked
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  Speaker 1: former primary rival Representative Haley Stevens to stay away from
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  Speaker 1: upcoming campaign events, signaling an acute breakdown in party unity
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  Speaker 1: just 48 hours before Election Day. According to sources familiar
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  Speaker 1: with internal campaign operations, El-Sayed's team disinvited Stevens from a
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  Speaker 1: high-profile Sunday rally in Detroit after days of public friction
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  Speaker 1: over campaign messaging and foreign policy stances. The intraparty dispute
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  Speaker 1: reopens wounds from August's contentious Democratic primary as Democrats fight
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  Speaker 1: to retain the open Senate seat against Republican nominee Mike Rogers.
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  Speaker 1: The public schism erupted after Stevens demanded that El-Sayed explicitly
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  Speaker 1: denounce an ad campaign funded by Rebellion PAC, an independent
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  Speaker 1: progressive political action committee that linked domestic inflation and high
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  Speaker 1: grocery costs to federal aid for Israel. Stevens, who represents
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  Speaker 1: a suburban Detroit congressional district with a significant Jewish population,
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  Speaker 1: argued that the ad promoted harmful tropes. While El-Sayed distanced
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  Speaker 1: his official campaign from the PAC's messaging, he refused to
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  Speaker 1: issue a formal condemnation accusing Stevens and her allies of
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  Speaker 1: attempting to reignite settled primary battles and distract from broader
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  Speaker 1: voter affordability issues. The decision to disinvite Stevens marks a
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  Speaker 1: sharp turn from scheduled unity efforts intended to present a
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  Speaker 1: united front across Michigan's diverse coalition of suburban, working class,
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  Speaker 1: Arab American, and African American voters. Democratic strategists expressed deep
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  Speaker 1: concern over the late-stage fracture in a critical battleground race
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  Speaker 1: that could decide the national balance of power in the Senate.
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  Speaker 1: Former Representative Mike Rogers and national Republican groups have capitalized
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  Speaker 1: on the Democratic infighting, ramping up advertising in Oakland and
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  Speaker 1: Wayne counties to appeal to moderate and Jewish voters alienated
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  Speaker 1: by the dispute. With early voting already drawing record turnout
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  Speaker 1: across Michigan, El-Sayed's campaign is pivoting to focus on grassroots
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  Speaker 1: turnout and high-volume digital outreach, emphasizing key economic proposals such
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  Speaker 1: as health care access and energy cost relief. However, as
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  Speaker 1: national Democratic surrogates enter the state for final weekend rallies,
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  Speaker 1: the lingering rift between the progressive and moderate wings of
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  Speaker 1: the party highlights the formidable challenges facing Democrats in holding
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  Speaker 1: key upper Midwest seats on November 3rd.