{"id":2643481,"date":"2026-08-12T07:31:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T11:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/haley-stevens-and-democratic-establishment-embrace-socialists\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T07:35:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T11:35:11","slug":"haley-stevens-and-democratic-establishment-embrace-socialists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/haley-stevens-and-democratic-establishment-embrace-socialists\/","title":{"rendered":"Haley Stevens and Democratic establishment embrace socialists"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/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%2Fhaley-stevens-and-democratic-establishment-embrace-socialists%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=2643481&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>Rep. Haley Stevens of Michigan endorsed Abdul el Sayed for Senate after a contentious primary,citing party loyalty and democracy. She defended her endorsement despite previous criticisms of el Sayed, highlighting her belief in democratic values and her identity as a Zionist Democrat. Stevens acknowledged the divisiveness of the primary, referencing her stance against socialists and her efforts in bipartisan issues, but expressed her continued commitment to the Democratic party. The primary was closely contested, reflecting the broader struggle within the Democratic establishment to balance opposition to socialist insurgents and maintaining party unity. prominent Democrats, including Senate leaders, are grappling with challenges from progressive candidates and internal divisions, with some recognizing the growing influence of socialists within the party. the article emphasizes the ongoing tensions within the Democratic party between centrist and socialist factions, and the strategic importance of candidates like el Sayed for future electoral success.  <\/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<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fox News asked Rep. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4683123\/haley-stevens-not-winning-against-progressives-michigan-senate-race\/\">Haley Stevens<\/a> (D-MI) why she so quickly endorsed <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/abdul-el-sayed\/\">Abdul el Sayed<\/a> for Senate after their contentious primary, and she replied with a characteristically folksy defense of party loyalty.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat\u2019s called democracy, friend, right? You don\u2019t sign up for a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic-party\/\">Democratic Party<\/a> to be salty grapes and just continue to hold a grudge,\u201d she said. \u201cWe have seen that play out.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4683633\/trump-winning-issue-republicans-midterm-boost\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump\u2019s winning issue that could give Republicans a midterm boost<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4683834\/democrats-establishment-socialists-haley-stevens\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>The Democratic establishment\u2019s uneasy embrace of its new socialist overlords<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4683012\/aipac-gamble-california-special-election\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>AIPAC\u2019s $4.4 million gamble on a California special election<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All this will be questioned anew as the Democratic establishment <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/4683977\/wisconsin-governor-primary-david-crowley-francesca-hong\/\">pushed back powerfully<\/a> against socialist Rep. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/francesca-hong\/\">Francesca Hong<\/a> in Wisconsin. (Hong did not receive endorsements from the top national socialists.)<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Stevens\u2019s examples of post-election grudgeholding included not just President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a>, who famously refused to concede in 2020, but also Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/bernie-sanders\/\">Bernie Sanders<\/a> (I-VT), the top el Sayed ally who is helping like-minded candidates win Democratic primaries across the country at the expense of Democrats like the congresswoman.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSome might say Mr. Sanders pursued that approach as well when he didn\u2019t win a Democratic nomination coming in as an independent,\u201d Stevens said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 2016 Michigan Democratic primary between Sanders and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hillary-clinton\/\">Hillary Clinton<\/a>, the eventual nominee, was similarly hard-fought, and some blamed the socialist senator\u2019s supporters when Clinton lost the state to Trump that November.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stevens again restated her belief in democracy, observed that el Sayed won their primary, and then proceeded to list some reasons why perhaps she shouldn\u2019t have endorsed him at all.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m going to continue to stand by my positions,\u201d she continued. \u201cI\u2019m a Zionist Democrat. I am a Democrat who gets endorsed by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the AFL-CIO. I have been recognized over and over again as one of our most effective lawmakers. I identify problems and I solve them. Ask my colleagues on the other side of the aisle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stevens wasn\u2019t done.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI run the bipartisan Manufacturing Caucus. I stood up for the hostages [taken by Hamas] with my colleague French Hill,\u201d referring to the Indiana House Republican. I love our freedoms. I love this country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAnd yes, I\u2019m still in the Democratic Party,\u201d Stevens concluded with a laugh as the host cut in, \u201ceven though folks like me maybe aren\u2019t winning our primaries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Is this \u201csalty grapes\u201d or is Stevens still showing a little bit of \u201cstick it to \u2018em\u201d in the aftermath of her loss and subsequent endorsement of the Democratic nominee?<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stevens, Jesse Arm <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.city-journal.org\/article\/michigan-democratic-senate-primary-haley-stevens-abdul-el-sayed?skip=1\">writes<\/a> in <em>City Journal, \u201c<\/em>warned voters that El-Sayed lacked the judgment and values to represent Michigan in the Senate, accused him of scapegoating Jewish Americans, and condemned his use of a campaign surrogate who said that Jews were \u2018inbred,\u2019 praised Mao Zedong, and declared that \u2018America deserved 9\/11.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf those arguments were sincere,\u201d Arm asked, \u201cshould they cease to matter simply because the primary is over?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Part of the answer is that Stevens ran like she knew the positions she outlined in her Fox interview were liabilities in a Democratic primary.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-26\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-5\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Democratic establishment has <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4663234\/democratic-establishment-fights-back-against-socialists\/\">tried to fight back<\/a> against the insurgent socialists. The Michigan primary was <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4673563\/whats-at-stake-michigan-senate-primary\/\">ground zero<\/a>. Stevens came <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4676215\/what-went-wrong-polls-michigan-senate-race\/\">much closer than expected<\/a>, but still lost.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) spent a lot of political capital with the base when he was the GOP leader in fights with the tea party and then Trump. Senate Minority Leader <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/chuck-schumer\/\">Chuck Schumer <\/a>(D-NY) and House Minority Leader <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hakeem-jeffries\/\">Hakeem Jeffries<\/a> (D-NY) are entering this fight with their stock already diminished.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Could either Schumer or Jeffries survive a Democratic primary challenge, especially if New York City Mayor <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/zohran-mamdani\/\">Zohran Mamdani<\/a> endorsed their opponents? Rep. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/alexandria-ocasio-cortez\/\">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez<\/a> (D-NY) could run against Schumer in 2028, if she doesn\u2019t seek the presidency instead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Al From of the Democratic Leadership Council, that centrist outfit that helped power Bill Clinton\u2019s 1992 presidential campaign, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/news\/ng-interactive\/2026\/aug\/09\/democratic-party-leftwing-michigan-mamdani-aoc\">waved the bloody shirt<\/a> against socialism after the Michigan primary: \u201cWe\u2019ve been focusing on beating Republicans and the democratic socialists have been focused on beating us. We\u2019ve got to fight back. We\u2019ve got to make it harder for them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fellow Clinton veteran James Carville insisted before the Michigan primary that he wouldn\u2019t belong to the same party as el Sayed surrogate <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hasan-piker\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"22479\">Hasan Piker<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNow, I think that a majority \u2014 overwhelming majority of Democrats agree with me, but this idea that we\u2019re going to seize the means of production and this \u2014 just go look at the DSA platform,\u201d Carville said on Fox.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yet Carville has already <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4683498\/james-carville-abdul-el-sayed-support\/\">endorsed el Sayed<\/a>. \u201cYeah, I\u2019m going to be for el Sayed,\u201d he told Piers Morgan after reciting a litany of standard Democratic grievances against former Rep. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-rogers\/\">Mike Rogers<\/a>, the Republican nominee for Senate in Michigan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Democrats need el Sayed to win in order to take control of the Senate. They need others like him to be successful in flipping the House. Schumer, Jeffries, and Stevens need to get on board in order to preserve their careers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s pretty simple: whatever differences you have with El-Sayed, he will be a reliable vote for the Democratic agenda and against MAGA,\u201d Democratic strategist Adam Jentleson, a former aide to the late Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AJentleson\/status\/2086065847685062907\">wrote<\/a> on X, noting the possibility of a Supreme Court vacancy under Trump.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4657182\/dsa-endorsement-tracker-socialists-running-for-office-across-america\/\"><strong>DSA ENDORSEMENT TRACKER: THE SOCIALISTS RUNNING FOR OFFICE ACROSS AMERICA <\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the acquiescence to socialists has, Arm writes, \u201cvalidated the activist Left\u2019s longstanding critique that establishment Democrats ultimately stand for little beyond holding office.\u201d And Wisconsin shows establishment Democrats can actually beat socialists if they want to, even with a fairly convoluted scheme for getting there.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The energy is clearly with the socialists, not the centrists or garden-variety liberals, and the Democratic establishment cannot decide whether to fight or throw in the towel.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stevens defends party loyalty after endorsing el Sayed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2659,"featured_media":2643482,"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\/2026\/08\/AP26217175872671.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[3685,55722,5894],"class_list":["post-2643481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-democrats","tag-haley-stevens","tag-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP26217175872671.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2643481","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\/2659"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2643481"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2643481\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2643485,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2643481\/revisions\/2643485"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2643482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2643481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2643481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2643481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}