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Ex-Michigan Gov. Jim Blanchard (D) — a longtime friend of Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) — revealed that her stunning endorsement of U.S. Senate nominee Mike Rogers (R) occurred less than 48 hours after she told him over dinner that she planned to reiterate her support for Rogers’ opponent, Democrat Abdul El-Sayed.

In the lead-up to Sunday, the congresswoman — who is backed by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee — and her fiancé, Jason Turkish, ramped up their criticisms toward El-Sayed’s views on Israel, pressuring the progressive to denounce ads backing his bid that they called “hateful” and antisemitic.

Turkish — who is Jewish and has donated to AIPAC — had endorsed Rogers days before attending the dinner with Stevens on Friday.

Blanchard, speaking on Turkish’s behavior at the dinner, told Gongwer, “He was working her over.”

“The way he was saying it was, ‘Everyone is disappointed in you, they did everything they could to help you and then immediately after you lose the primary, you endorsed him,’” Blanchard said.

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[–] Reddfugee42@lemmy.world 13 points 1 hour ago

It's a mystery

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 60 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

AIPAC and its donors have no place in American politics.

[–] Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 31 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

Why stop there? No donors. Zero. It's all the same problem.

You can't (logically) reject AIPAC money while accepting luxury jets from Qatar.

[–] Kirp123@lemmy.world 6 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

Honestly if you want fair elections then you would need to set up an election fund and use it to give everyone the same sum of money for their campaign. Any other external contributions would be illegal. That way everyone, no matter who they are would be on equal footing.

[–] crusa187@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 minutes ago

This would be fine and could be done for a fraction of the current election spending. It’s absurd how much money is wasted on these dumbass campaign ads.

A side benefit of this change would be that corpo media loses one of their primary revenue streams. They might have to start doing actual journalism again…!

[–] HumanOnEarth@lemmy.ca 76 points 4 hours ago (3 children)

Gee, $$$$$ I wonder $$$$$$ what could $$$$$$$$$$ have $$$$$$$$ happened $$$$$$$ to make her $$$$$$ change her $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ mind

[–] slothrop@lemmy.ca 21 points 4 hours ago

That'$ $ome kinda li$p you got going.

[–] BooBees@fedinsfw.app 10 points 4 hours ago

We may never know

[–] Soulphite@reddthat.com 5 points 4 hours ago

$$$$ is the root of all that kills, right Israel?

[–] orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 41 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

Turkish donated $15,000 toward a political action committee supporting Slotkin’s 2024 campaign, per federal election data.

What kind of "normal" person can fucking donate $15k to a PAC?

[–] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 7 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

The same sort of person who can donate $24k to a Susan Collins PAC.

Turkish has described himself as a Democrat, although his political donations have also included contributions to Republican candidates.

According to The Detroit News, federal campaign finance records show that he donated more than $24,000 to committees allied with Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine in 2025.

https://www.ibtimes.sg/who-jason-turkish-meet-haley-stevens-fiance-centre-michigan-senate-fallout-95798

[–] orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

His photo looks insane. This isn't a 2000s-era video game NPC?

[–] TheArtfulLlama@lemmy.world 5 points 44 minutes ago

It’s like someone drew a picture of Stephen Miller with their foot

[–] crusa187@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 minutes ago

Ozempic did this to him.

[–] rumimevlevi@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 hours ago

Same logic as people who buy ba water of a celebrity

[–] Ulvain@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Can it just really be money? Any chance she's being blackmailed?

[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 28 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

Emotionally, yes. Read the article. Her partner is Jewish and was basically telling her that she was being anti-Semitic for backing Sayed. You throw that kind of borderline abusive emotional manipulation on top of half her campaign funding coming from AIPAC and it's not hard to see how this happened. No conspiracy required.

[–] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 20 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

This makes a lot of sense. Especially given her bizarre interview with Anderson Cooper. He kept asking her the same question: what changed on the night before you endorsed the Republican? And she kept (ineptly) tap-dancing around the issue and fluctuating wildly between thanking Cooper for giving her air time and getting hostile about his question.

Her behavior and that interview shows all the hallmarks of someone who has jumped into or been pushed into a corner and doesn't know how to get out.

Not that I pity her as it stands. This whole fiasco shows a remarkable lack of character and spine from her.

[–] andrewrgross@lemmy.today 18 points 2 hours ago

Jesus.

Can you imagine what she would've been like as a senator? The woman appears to have no foundation.

And her fiancé... this relationship sounds toxic. In all directions. His behavior and hers sound awful.

[–] Jaysyn@lemmy.world 5 points 3 hours ago (1 children)
[–] rumimevlevi@sh.itjust.works 12 points 3 hours ago

Israel came to her dream again

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 8 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

I$RAEL COME$ TO ME IN MY DREAM$!!!

-Haley $teven$