Fiance of El-Sayed's primary rival says he will vote for Republican Mike Rogers in Michigan

The fiancé of Democratic Representative Haley Stevens, Abdul El-Sayed's opponent in the Michigan primary, said he intends to vote for Republican Mike Rogers in the United States Senate election. The information was published by the Detroit News and reported by Fox News correspondent Garrett Tenney on the program 'Hannity'.

According to the report, the statement was made during a Rogers event sponsored by the Republican Jewish Coalition titled 'Who Will Keep Us Safe'. The meeting took place in the wake of the October 7 attack and the attack on Temple Israel, mentioned in the report.

Stevens' fiancé told the newspaper that, in recent months, he has become convinced that El-Sayed is a problematic candidate. In a quote attributed to him by the report: 'We have never seen a candidate for the US Senate act so recklessly towards the Jews of the community as we saw with Abdul'.

El-Sayed's campaign under pressure

According to Fox, the Democratic candidate's campaign is showing signs of difficulty and he himself is beginning to recognize it. Months ago, El-Sayed had predicted that he would win the contest by seven points. When Politico asked if he would maintain the projection, he simply replied that 'we'll see'.

Host Sean Hannity and correspondent described the news as a new problem for an already weakened campaign. This is an evaluation of the channel, not independent research data, and the transcript does not contain voting intention numbers.

The candidate's response

According to the report, the Fox team was with El-Sayed when the news became public and asked for his reaction. The candidate said he is committed to the safety of the Jewish community, as well as all communities, and said he will firmly defend the protection of Jews.

He added that the issue many voters are focused on is foreign policy, and that there could be disagreements. According to El-Sayed, if this is more important to these voters than everything that unites Democrats against Donald Trump, they will need to vote accordingly.

For the correspondent, the episode illustrates the dilemma of many Jewish Democrats in the state, who feel they have to choose between two loyalties. The transcription stops before detailing which ones.

What to watch out for

The dispute in Michigan is one that could influence the balance of the Senate, and the composition of the House weighs on the tax, spending and regulation agenda, topics closely monitored by investors. The transcript, however, does not contain projections about effects on the stock market, interest rates or exchange rate, and any reading in this regard remains speculation until the release of new research and results.

Automatically translated from Portuguese.