Fox Business: Senate election in Michigan is the most risky in the country, and Democrat's fiancé declares his vote for the Republican

Democratic Rep. Haley Stevens' fiancé says he will vote for Republican Mike Rogers in Michigan's U.S. Senate race rather than support Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed. The case was discussed on the Fox Business program "The Five" and served as a starting point for a discussion about the risks of the election.

According to the program, Stevens' fiancé said he had never seen a Senate candidate act as recklessly regarding the safety of the community's Jews as El-Sayed. Presenter Kayleigh McEnany said his comments were much harsher than Stevens'. She also said that Stevens' former campaign manager, described as a prominent Democrat, will also vote for Rogers.

Stevens, for his part, said his house is divided, but he still wants the Democratic party to win. Brian Kilmeade noted, however, that she doesn't appear to be voting for him, even though she claims to be "on the team."

The program's evaluation of El-Sayed

McEnany said Fox News' digital team found a 2011 op-ed in which El-Sayed called on then-President Barack Obama to support protesters associated with the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. According to her, the candidate also said he was no longer a socialist and, at another point, defended the takeover of GM factories after the company announced the cut of 14 thousand jobs. She called him a "chameleon", and these are the presenter's assessments, not independently established facts.

For McEnany, this is the most risky election in the country at the moment. She argued that if El-Sayed wins, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will run for president in 2028 with the momentum of that result, and that the most left wing of the Democratic Party would feel empowered.

Another commentator stated that the candidate is losing ground among Jewish and black voters, and that Rogers would be ahead by two points in the last poll cited. Commentator Harold considered that El-Sayed still leads several polls and that the repercussions of the division in Stevens' house should gain attention in Michigan.

Cost of living and the message to voters

Harold said that if El-Sayed is unable to deal with costs and wars in the last five days, "he will have a problem" next Tuesday. Dana Perino, in turn, assessed that Republicans could have pressured the Democrat more on unions and Medicare for all, important issues for Michigan.

The debate heated up on the topic of economics. Kilmeade said no Democrat has a plan to reduce costs and that the party does not want to expand oil drilling. McEnany cited 9.1% inflation under Joe Biden, and Harold responded that voters think more about the next four years than the past.

For investors, the message is to be cautious with political reading: this is a state dispute with the potential to influence the balance of forces in the Senate, and positions on energy, cost of living and taxation remain at the center of the electoral debate. All reviews above are from the program and its commentators, and voting is next Tuesday.

Automatically translated from Portuguese.