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Madison Heights, Mich. <\/em>\u2014 On the eve of Michigan\u2019s Democratic primary, political observers might expect Haley Stevens to be laser-focused on drawing sharp contrasts with her socialist opponent, Abdul El-Sayed. Instead, Stevens has chosen to project party unity, even as many of her supporters make clear that they would cast a vote for Republican Mike Rogers over El-Sayed, should the upstart socialist prevail on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

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Stevens, who has represented Michigan\u2019s 19th district in the House since 2019, campaigned as the moderate alternative to El-Sayed, a Democratic Socialist who supports Medicare for All, the abolition of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and an end to U.S. aid for the \u201crogue state\u201d of Israel.<\/p>\n

But when she was given the opportunity to highlight her disagreements with El-Sayed\u2019s radical approach, during a campaign stop at a plumbing union hall in southeast Michigan over the weekend, Stevens declined to do so.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, look, I\u2019m on the Democratic ticket. I\u2019m on the let\u2019s make sure that anyone but Mike Rogers gets to the United States Senate,\u201d Stevens told National Review<\/span>. \u201cAnd look, we still have an election underway, so all the conversations and all the things that are to unfold, you know, after the primary, you\u2019re going to see a united Democratic Party.\u201d<\/p>\n

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.@NRO asked Haley Stevens today if her commitment to endorse El-Sayed is also a full endorsement of his policies. She couldn\u2019t come up with one she rejects. https:\/\/t.co\/5aruuFUl8R<\/p>\n

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Stevens has promised to back El-Sayed \u201cfull force\u201d should he best her in the primary, a pledge which El-Sayed reciprocated, albeit less enthusiastically. Stevens\u2019s supporters, however, seem less enthused about voting for a socialist, a prospect that seems increasingly likely as recent polls show El-Sayed with a substantial lead over Stevens.<\/p>\n

Mark Daskin told National Review<\/span> at Stevens\u2019s get-out-the-vote event on Sunday that El-Sayed\u2019s biggest issue is that he is \u201cvery very far to the left on a lot of policies,\u201d and he specifically likes Stevens because she is \u201cmore centrist.\u201d Daskin also said he is worried about El-Sayed\u2019s position on Israel.<\/p>\n

If Stevens loses the primary, Daskin \u201cprobably would vote for\u201d Rogers in the November general election. Daskin said many of his neighbors and friends also plan to vote for Rogers if Stevens loses.<\/p>\n

Similarly, Michael Dorman said he would vote for Rogers rather than not vote at all.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf he, basically, continues with the rhetoric that he does, then I won\u2019t be able to vote for someday who doesn\u2019t believe in Israel\u2019s right to exist,\u201d Dorman said of El-Sayed.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s unsurprising that the issue of America\u2019s relationship with Israel would come up in conversation with Stevens supporters at a Michigan union hall. The candidates\u2019 views on the conflict have dominated the race, thanks in large part to the overwhelming anti-Israel sentiment percolating among El-Sayed\u2019s socialist supporters.<\/p>\n

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While Stevens supports a two-state solution, El Sayed has refused to endorse the proposition that Israel has the right to exist as a Jewish state, calling it a \u201cdistraction\u201d from the question of whether Israel is entitled to U.S. aid. He has also repeatedly attacked the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) for buying influence over the American political system and backing \u201cthe least capable candidate\u201d \u2014 Stevens \u2014 in the Michigan primary.<\/p>\n

El-Sayed is also conscious of appealing to the anti-Israel constituency in heavily Muslim areas like Dearborn. He was heard on a leaked campaign call saying he didn\u2019t want to comment on the death of Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei earlier this year because \u201ca lot of people in Dearborn are sad,\u201d the Washington Free Beacon<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n

El-Sayed has given Stevens no shortage of potential targets had she wanted to highlight their differences. He has campaigned on imposing term limits on the Supreme Court, abolishing the filibuster, eliminating the use of fossil fuels, and hiking taxes on the rich.<\/p>\n

National Review <\/span>reached out to the Stevens campaign to offer the candidate another chance to identify the policies of El-Sayed\u2019s with which she disagrees, but the campaign did not respond.<\/p>\n

In projecting a united front with El-Sayed, Stevens is following the lead of Democratic leaders like Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer, who have proven hesitant to criticize the upstart socialists who have found success in blue-state primaries this cycle.<\/p>\n

Senator Gary Peters (D., Mich.) has also pledged to support the eventual Democratic nominee, but he praised Stevens\u2019s \u201ccommonsense, practical problem-solving ability\u201d during a campaign event he co-hosted with the candidate on Sunday. He also favorably compared Stevens\u2019s endorsements from establishment Michigan Democrats like Governor Gretchen Whitmer with El-Sayed\u2019s popularity among out-of-state political and media elites, whom he dismissed as \u201cother folks coming in from other states that look a whole that different than Michigan that think they know more about Michigan than we do.\u201d<\/p>\n

El-Sayed\u2019s recent campaign events have included the leading lights of progressivism: Congresswomen Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, and Summer Lee, to name a few. Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders has also campaigned for El-Sayed and is outspoken in his support for him. Leading up to Tuesday\u2019s primary election, all members of the far-left \u201cSquad\u201d endorsed El-Sayed.<\/p>\n

The Democratic Socialists of America have also taken to El-Sayed, with the group\u2019s Detroit chapter describing him as \u201ca longtime friend.\u201d El-Sayed, however, disclaims the moniker, insisting that political labels are tools used by the powerful to divide people.<\/p>\n

Congresswoman Hillary Scholten, who represents Michigan\u2019s more conservative third congressional district, endorsed Stevens on the grounds that her moderate approach will help rebuild trust with demographics with which the party is struggling, such as working-class young men. Like the voters with whom National Review<\/span> spoke over the weekend, Scholten has not pledged to support El-Sayed in the general election if he wins on Tuesday. She has criticized the socialist candidate for campaigning with disgraced former Maine Democratic candidate Graham Platner and with Hasan Piker, a far-left podcaster who said America deserved the September 11 terrorist attacks.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that condoning behavior like this from candidates like Abdul El-Sayed is taking us in a direction that we don\u2019t want to go as a party,\u201d Scholten said in an interview with CNN\u2019s Jake Tapper.<\/p>\n

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