Donald Trump says "great and almost unprecedented loyalty" praising Haley Stevens' switch to GOP
“She showed great and almost unprecedented loyalty to the Great People of Michigan with what she did. It’s a thing called bravery, and few people have it like just displayed by Congresswoman Haley Stevens!”
Reported November 2, 2026 by poynter.org. Checked word for word against that report.
Michigan Democratic Rep. Haley Stevens, who lost the Senate primary to Abdul El-Sayed, took back her endorsement of him on Sunday and backed Republican Mike Rogers in a race that could determine control of the Senate. The midterm-eve shift, according to reports, followed a primary contest roiled by disagreements over Israel and a recent demand that El-Sayed condemn a video critics called antisemitic from a group not connected to his campaign. Stevens’s move drew condemnation from Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and others; her chief of staff resigned and more than half her staff did too, reports said. President Donald Trump praised Stevens’s decision in a Truth Social post and later said in Iowa he would welcome her into the Republican Party. The episode highlights Democratic tensions over Israel and the stakes of the Michigan contest.
- poynter.org ↗︎02 NOV 2026