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"Petty, selfish, unhinged": Haley Stevens' staff and colleagues erupt at her "betrayal"
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Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) faced fierce backlash from fellow Democrats, party officials and her own staffers after endorsing Republican Mike Rogers for the U.S. Senate on Sunday.
Key facts
- Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) faced fierce backlash from fellow Democrats, party officials and her own staffers after endorsing Republican Mike Rogers for the U.S. Senate on Sunday
- Stevens' endorsement of Rogers came after her long-running feud with Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed reached a boiling point over the weekend
- This is what happens to the far left when they go against the centrists," a centrist House Democrat told Axios
- CNN's Anderson Cooper repeatedly pressed Stevens on why she changed her mind during an at times testy interview, asking whether she still wanted Democrats to win control of the Senate
Summary
Senate on Sunday. It's a stunning reversal in standing for Stevens, who came within a few percentage points of being her party's nominee for Senate in Michigan months earlier. "Pathetic, petty, selfish, unhinged," Rep. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) told Axios of her endorsement of Rogers. Sam Liccardo (D-Calif.) said of the video Stevens posted to social media announcing her endorsement and her joint press conference with Rogers: "The reporter has seen more pleasant self-immolations. CNN's Anderson Cooper repeatedly pressed Stevens on why she changed her mind during an at times testy interview, asking whether she still wanted Democrats to win control of the Senate.