{"id":2570918,"date":"2026-02-18T07:16:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T12:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-haley-stevens-faces-trolling-in-michigan-senate-bid\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T07:19:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T12:19:19","slug":"democrat-haley-stevens-faces-trolling-in-michigan-senate-bid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-haley-stevens-faces-trolling-in-michigan-senate-bid\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrat Haley Stevens faces trolling in Michigan Senate bid"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrat-haley-stevens-faces-trolling-in-michigan-senate-bid%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2570918&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Michigan Democrat Haley Stevens, a candidate for the open U.S. Senate seat in 2026, has become a prominent target of online harassment as she pursues the nomination to face Republican Mike Rogers. the National Republican Senatorial Committee has weaponized memes, a tongue-in-cheek mixtape, and the nickname \u201cPoochie\u201d to mock Stevens and highlight perceived gaps in endorsements, a tactic described by some as a bipartisan, easy-to-share strategy. Stevens and her team say the attacks are designed to distract from Rogers and the GOP\u2019s broader campaign, while Republicans argue the posting style simply reflects her own online presence. Polls cited in the piece suggest Stevens could be the strongest Democrat to challenge Rogers in a general election, even as she competes in a tight three-way Democratic primary against Mallory mcmorrow and Abdul El-Sayed. The story notes a flurry of rebuttals from Stevens&#8217;s camp and her allies, along with criticism from Democrats who see the online battles as revealing divisions within the party during a bitter primary.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Democratic Senate hopeful Haley Stevens faces barrage of online trolling<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2440801\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Rep. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/4438937\/haley-stevens-trails-mallory-mcmorrow-leads-mike-rogers-michigan-senate\/\">Haley Stevens<\/a> (D-MI), a Michigan Senate candidate seeking to replace retiring Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI), has become a go-to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disney-shakeup-top-tv-exec-canned-for-ill-fit-with-the-new-disney-culture\/\" title=\"Disney Shakeup: Top TV Exec Canned For Ill Fit With \u2018The New Disney Culture\u2019\">political punching bag<\/a> of the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2026-election\/\">2026 midterm cycle<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The establishment favorite is the subject of constant online trolling, much of it instigated by the Senate GOP&rsquo;s campaign arm, in her quest to win the Democratic nomination and take on Trump-backed Republican <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-rogers\/\">Mike Rogers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4457594\/aoc-munich-gaffe-2028-race\/\">AOC&#8217;s Munich gaffes reveal possible 2028 challenges<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4461163\/fetterman-trump-texas-senate-race-cornyn\/\">Fetterman suggests Trump &lsquo;lock down&rsquo; Texas Senate race with Cornyn endorsement<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4460907\/teresa-benitez-thompson-nevada-house-campaign\/\">Ex-Nevada Assembly leader launches Democratic House run after Amodei retirement<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Since Stevens&rsquo; entry into the race last April, the National Republican Senatorial Committee has used a Pablo Escobar <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BrendanJaspers\/status\/2022075822862217293?s=20\">meme<\/a> to highlight her lack of endorsements from Senate Democrats, created a tongue-in-cheek <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/sgallz_\/status\/2017289115360698672?s=20\">mixtape<\/a> using campaign footage, and coined her the nickname &ldquo;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/joannamrod\/status\/2022439899438420355?s=20\">Poochie<\/a>&rdquo; after a childhood friend&rsquo;s dog that Stevens once referenced, among other mocking posts. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Republicans are accentuating what they consider to be the lawmaker&rsquo;s awkward nature, using content from Stevens herself, giving way to a steady stream of conservative and liberal rivals poking fun at the Senate hopeful as she dukes it out in the primary against more progressive challengers and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.notus.org\/2026-election\/haley-stevens-michigan-democrats-concerns\">electability concerns mount<\/a> in the establishment wing.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re not reinventing the wheel with anything. We&rsquo;re really just pushing out things that she&rsquo;s already posted herself,&rdquo; said a source familiar with the NRSC&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-new-white-house-twitter-strategy-highlights-his-administrations-incompetence\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s New White House ... Strategy Highlights His Administration\u2019s Incompetence\">social media strategy<\/a>, who was given anonymity to speak candidly. &ldquo;Honestly, it&rsquo;s like the most bipartisan Twitter trend of the cycle so far.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It writes itself,&rdquo; another GOP operative said. &ldquo;She makes it pretty easy for us.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DOMf7wgErBE\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:16px;\"> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DOMf7wgErBE\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" background:#FFFFFF; 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border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\" width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\" width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"http:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>But while Stevens may be the butt of the jokes, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/polls\/michigan-us-senate-election-polls-2026.html\">recent polling<\/a> shows she would present the greatest threat to Rogers&rsquo;s ability to flip the battleground seat that Republicans are eyeing to expand their 53-47 majority.<\/p>\n<p>Stevens is in a hotly contested three-way primary against state Sen. Mallory McMorrow and former Wayne County Health Director Abdul El-Sayed, both of whom are running to her left. But critics on both sides of Stevens have used her as a political punching bag by promoting posts by the NRSC and others.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This seems to be the one issue that is creating bipartisanship here in our state,&rdquo; said Jamie Roe, a Michigan-based Republican political consultant who&rsquo;s advised Rogers. <\/p>\n<p>The Stevens campaign characterized the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-outrage-is-scripted-and-they-dont-care-if-you-know\/\" title=\"Dems&#039; Outrage Is Scripted And They Don&#039;t Care If You Know\">social media tactics<\/a> as an attempt by Republicans to distract from Rogers, who is making a second attempt at a Michigan Senate seat after losing in 2024 to now-Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI).<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Haley Stevens waiting for a Senate Democrat to endorse her campaign <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oVPNdzo6DP\">https:\/\/t.co\/oVPNdzo6DP<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Djf0RJQYjw\">pic.twitter.com\/Djf0RJQYjw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Brendan Jaspers (@BrendanJaspers) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrendanJaspers\/status\/2022075822862217293?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 12, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;The NRSC knows what poll after poll has shown: Haley is the strongest Democrat to take on Mike Rogers and beat him,&rdquo; Stevens campaign spokesman Arik Wolk said. &ldquo;They apparently can&rsquo;t come up with anything good to say about Mike Rogers, so they&rsquo;ve resorted to whatever this is.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, NRSC spokeswoman Sarah Gallagher said that Stevens&rsquo; &ldquo;horse girl energy is on full display, and Democrats are cringing as they flock to Abdul El-Sayed.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Both Stevens and members of her team have taken notice of the online trolling, in some instances offering direct rebuttals. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Stevens <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/HaleyforMI\/status\/2017353612469342510?s=20\">responded<\/a> to the tongue-in-cheek mixtape with an Emerson College poll showing her besting Rogers by 6 points in a general election. The same survey showed her trailing McMorrow in the primary.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">HAPPY FRIDAY PATRIOTS!<\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qIdr7F2tuY\">pic.twitter.com\/qIdr7F2tuY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sarah Gallagher (@sgallz_) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sgallz_\/status\/2017289115360698672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 30, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Caitlin Legacki, a Democratic campaign veteran whom Stevens tapped to help with communications, is the candidate&rsquo;s most vocal online defender. She <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/caitleg\/status\/2022706903231664132?s=20\">urged<\/a> the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/votehub.com\/about\/\">anonymous co-founder<\/a> of political media organization VoteHub, who&rsquo;s known online simply as &ldquo;umichvoter,&rdquo; to &ldquo;get a hobby or some friends&rdquo; after they referred to Stevens as &ldquo;a walking meme.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You can do all the online bullying you want,&rdquo; Legacki said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >recent response<\/a> to Chris Gustafson, the communications director for the Senate GOP&rsquo;s super PAC, the Senate Leadership Fund. &ldquo;We&rsquo;ll focus on talking to actual voters and winning.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The political left has also taken notice.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/bcschools.net\/en-US\/board-of-education-members-1a146fe4\/david-welch-vice-president-7ea15215\">Mason Pressler<\/a>, a public school board member and Young Democrats of Michigan committeeman, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Press4BC\/status\/2022168227959517401?s=20\">shared<\/a> a clip posted by Stevens from a recent United Auto Workers candidate forum that included El-Sayed and McMorrow, saying: &ldquo;Believe it or not, she actually sounds like this and posted this video herself.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/in_focus\/4432160\/bitter-senate-primaries-offer-democrats-midterms-roadmap\/\">BATTLE FOR THE SOUL OF DEMOCRATS SEEN THROUGH PRISM OF BITTER SENATE PRIMARIES<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In recent <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DUb9XM4jMNH\/?igsh=OGU0emZramRkeThv\">posts<\/a> shared to Facebook and Instagram, El-Sayed and McMorrow got in on the trend to mock Stevens for not attending this month&rsquo;s Michigan Black Summit.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Missed you at the Michigan Black Summit,&rdquo; El-Sayed captioned a selfie with him and McMorrow that Stevens was tagged in, accompanied by an emoji of two&nbsp;hands&nbsp;forming a&nbsp;heart.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stevens hit with ongoing online trolling in MI race<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3108,"featured_media":2570919,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/haley-stevens.webp?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[3685,55722,4601,64702,34723],"class_list":["post-2570918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-democrats","tag-haley-stevens","tag-michigan","tag-online-trolling","tag-senate-race"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/haley-stevens.webp?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2570918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3108"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2570918"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2570918\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2570922,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2570918\/revisions\/2570922"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2570919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2570918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2570918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2570918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}