Why did Democrat Haley Stevens just endorse a Republican for US Senate?

A Democratic congresswoman has thrown her support behind a Republican in one of the most closely watched races of the US midterm elections, just two days before voters head to the polls. Haley Stevens, who lost Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary in August, announced on Sunday that she was endorsing Republican Mike Rogers over her own party’s nominee, Abdul El-Sayed. The decision follows weeks of tension between the two Democrats over Israel and has provoked a backlash within the party as it fights to win control of Congress and limit President Donald Trump’s power. Stevens is a Democratic congresswoman from Michigan who narrowly lost the party’s Senate primary to El-Sayed, a former public health official who could become the first Muslim elected to the US Senate. And that’s why I am endorsing Mike Rogers for the United States Senate today.” But Democratic Congresswoman Debbie Dingell, who helped organise the event, said she was the one who asked Stevens not to attend, telling The Associated Press news agency that “it had become way too distracting”. We can’t stand with Hasan Piker.” She insisted she was still a Democrat and planned to vote for Democratic candidates in 90 percent of the races on her ballot, but her Senate vote would go to Rogers. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer called the endorsement a “despicable betrayal”, saying Senate Democrats remained united behind El-Sayed. She’s always been very thoughtful”, Johnson said, describing Michigan’s Senate race as a “contrast” election. “She loves her state. She’s speaking the truth.” El-Sayed and Rogers are competing to replace retiring Democratic Senator Gary Peters in a closely contested race that could help determine which party controls the US Senate. Republicans currently control both chambers of Congress, and Democrats are hoping to win enough seats to challenge Trump’s agenda and increase scrutiny of his administration.