Haley Stevens conditions support for El-Sayed on his condemnation of antisemitic ads

Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI), in a lengthy statement on Friday morning, conditioned her support for Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed on his willingness to condemn an antisemitic ad from one of his allies blaming Israel for the price of groceries. The ad was produced by Cenk Uygur, an El-Sayed supporter and the uncle of Hasan Piker.

In her statement, Stevens also said El-Sayed’s attempt to distance himself from the ad without condemning its substance was insufficient — and added that he needs to apologize for the ways his own rhetoric throughout the campaign has followed the same arguments from the ad.

But Stevens also indicated that El-Sayed intends to condemn the ad in the runup to a planned Sunday appearance with the Democratic Senate nominee and Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC). The event would mark the first time Stevens and El-Sayed appeared together since the immediate aftermath of the August primary, which she narrowly lost.