{"id":2695470,"date":"2026-11-02T02:55:02","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T07:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stevens-on-el-sayed-split-this-is-a-broader-point-about-whats-going-on-in-our-party\/"},"modified":"2026-11-02T02:55:02","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T07:55:02","slug":"stevens-on-el-sayed-split-this-is-a-broader-point-about-whats-going-on-in-our-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stevens-on-el-sayed-split-this-is-a-broader-point-about-whats-going-on-in-our-party\/","title":{"rendered":"Stevens on el Sayed split: &#8216;This is a broader point about what&#8217;s going on in our party&#8217;"},"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\">34<\/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%2Fstevens-on-el-sayed-split-this-is-a-broader-point-about-whats-going-on-in-our-party%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=2695470&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 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\" aria-labelledby=\"wex-article-title\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI) defended her decision to endorse Republican <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/michigan\/?srsltid=AYCX9vJGkkPs6T5LDn0r7OYYngPGal_O3KyL7SkPaJ2o0I7mgWslBhot\">Michigan<\/a> Senate nominee <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-rogers\/?srsltid=AYCX9vKwbEzNyYRuyF4tv4gJetnWxoBdlJpBPhFZq-D3tPY1IU306VWj\">Mike Rogers<\/a> on Sunday night, saying Democratic candidate <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/abdul-el-sayed\/?srsltid=AYCX9vI5fyp72zo0wPpMSqKA9x5QjRCyzsXOt0tRb1Fgvp034NFujhQ1\">Abdul el Sayed<\/a> has been \u201cgetting angrier and angrier\u201d and recent campaign advertisements motivated her decision.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere are so many Democrats who want to vote for our Democratic nominee, and they\u2019re just being told, \u2018Hey, this is a party you don\u2019t belong in, or, \u2018This is a campaign you don\u2019t belong in,&#8217;\u201d Stevens said during <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tjwX3-P5bxU\">an interview<\/a> with <em>CNN\u2019s<\/em> Anderson Cooper. \u201cThat\u2019s just where I landed on this. 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