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Why did a Democrat endorse a Republican in Michigan senate race? - The Latest
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Democratic congresswoman Haley Stevens has endorsed the Republican candidate for the Senate after a spat with her party’s own candidate in Michigan, Abdul El-Sayed. The endorsement stunned Stevens’ Democrat colleagues, with one calling it a ‘despicable betrayal’ on the eve of the midterm elections. So what will it mean for the race? Lucy Hough speaks to US southern bureau chief and host of Anywhere but Washington Oliver Laughland – watch on YouTube. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
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This is The Guardian. This will potentially determine the next two years of what happens in Washington, right? Big news this morning from Michigan. I am endorsing my graders for the United States Senate.
If Al Said carries it, that is potentially going to send a message to the Democratic Party at large. The progressive Democrats can win in tight battles. We don't need the Communists, the jihadists. What I have seen here has been just extraordinary fearment, hatred.
From the Guardians today in focus, this is the latest with me, Lucy Holt. So we are a day away from the very crucial November midterms in the United States, and there's been this shock endorsement of a Republican candidate in the state of Michigan by a Democrat. Oliver Lachlund, you are a US Southern Bureau chief,
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