# Thank you, Haley Stevens, for refusing to stay silent

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/thank-you-haley-stevens-for-refusing-to-stay-silent/
- Published: 2026-11-05T14:00:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-05T14:38:43+00:00
- Original publisher: Washington Examiner (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4792982/haley-stevens-mike-rogers-endorsement-conscience-party/
- Topics: Elections, Government, Politics

## Key points

- Stevens endorsed Republican Mike Rogers after being excluded from a church event.
- Party leaders condemned her decision and her chief of staff resigned.
- Abdul el Sayed won the Senate race on Tuesday night.

## Summary

Rep. Haley Stevens backed Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers after being excluded from a Detroit church service she had planned to attend with Abdul el Sayed, her recent Democratic primary opponent. The article presents her endorsement as a decision to act on conscience despite swift political costs, while noting that Rogers’s opponent went on to win the election.

Stevens had narrowly lost Michigan’s August Democratic primary to el Sayed and was expected to join him at the service as a gesture of party unity. Organiser Rep. Debbie Dingell asked her to stay away, saying the situation had become distracting; Stevens announced her support for Rogers hours later. Sen. Chuck Schumer called the move a “despicable betrayal”, her chief of staff resigned, and the state party chairman said she was no longer a member.

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