Stevens’ pre-election defection backfires as Sayeed sets new single-day fundraising record

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After Stevens endorsed Republican Senate candidate Rogers, it prompted Said to set a new high level of fundraising on the 1st, which shows that the effect of the mobilization of supporters is obvious.

incumbentmichigan Congresswoman Haley Stevens firstdemocratic party federationsenator After losing the primary to Abdul El-Sayed of the progressive faction, she suddenly announced on the 1st that she would support Mike Rogers, the Republican candidate for US Senate in Michigan from the MAGA camp. Fox News reported on the 2nd that Stevens’ pre-election defection had the opposite effect, and Said set a new record for fundraising in one day.

The Said campaign reported that after Stevens announced his endorsement of Rogers, the campaign received donations from 65,000 people, setting a new single-day record by raising more than 2.4 million yuan in one day.

Statistics show that the average donation amount per donor is 36.74 yuan, and about 29,600 of them are donating to the Said campaign team for the first time.

Stevens posted a video message on social media over the weekend saying he was unable to endorse Saeed because Hassan Pikar, a radical leftist Internet celebrity, had endorsed Saeed. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer criticized Stevens as a “disgusting betrayal” and said the Democratic Senate caucus is firmly united in support of Seid.

Packer has attracted controversy due to his criticism of Israel and has been accused of anti-Semitism.

The report notes that in recent months, Saeed has gradually distanced himself from Parker due to Parker’s rising national profile and backlash over anti-Semitic sentiments and controversial comments such as that the United States “carried out the 9/11 terrorist attacks through no fault of its own.”

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  • She said in the video that she could not support Saeed because of his endorsement of radical leftist internet celebrity Pike, so she supported Republican candidate Rogers instead.


  • The SAID campaign said that after Stevens announced his support, 65,000 people donated money in a single day, raising more than 2.4 million yuan, setting a new one-day record.


  • Schumer criticized Stevens as a despicable betrayal and said the Democratic Senate caucus was still united in support of Seid. At the same time, Saeed gradually distanced himself from Packer due to his controversial comments.

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