A ‘Despicable Betrayal,’ Schumer Sputters

Congresswoman Haley Stevens’s endorsement for Senate of Republican Mike Rogers over her fellow Democrat, Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, is as principled a political stand as we can remember. Ms. Stevens had been scheduled to appear with Dr. El-Sayed at a “unity” event on Sunday, but instead tuned up at church with Mr. Rogers and backed his bid over her erstwhile primary opponent. “I don’t belong in Abdul’s campaign” is how Ms. Stevens puts it.Ms. Stevens’s volte face prompted Senator Schumer to sputter about “a despicable betrayal.” The senator, who backed Ms. Stevens in the primary, appears more exercised by Ms. Stevens crossing of the aisle than by, say, Dr. El-Sayed’s hostility to Israel, excuse-making for terrorism, and web of relations with the Muslim Brotherhood. Mr. Schumer’s rage puts in relief his desire to reclaim the office of majority leader, though Dr. El-Sayed is mum on the prospect.Ms. Stevens initially signaled her support for Dr. El-Sayed after he beat her by a percentage point in the primary. A breaking point though, was an advertisement in support of his campaign concocted by a political action committee led by Cenk Uyghur. The spot features an actress declaring “Honey, you have to put those eggs back” because “we have to set those $7 aside for killing Palestinians.” Dr. El-Sayed disavowed it, but did not denounce it.Why would he? Mr. Uyghur’s nephew is the antisemitic streamer Hasan Piker, with whom Dr. El-Sayed campaigned — even attending a pool party together on the primary campaign’s last day. Ms. Stevens, in endorsing Mr. Rogers, declared “I do not stand with Hasan Piker.” Last week Ms. Stevens asked Dr. El-Sayed to condemn the ad. Instead, he scoffed that she was “relitigating a primary that ended three months ago.”Ms. Stevens avers that she is “still a very proud Democrat,” but that the race, whose denouement will come on Tuesday, is for the “conscience of the Senate.” Democrats, though, appear less interested in combating the encroaching radicalism in their ranks than in winning at all costs. Feature Mr. Schumer’s support not only for Dr. El-Sayed but also of the Mainer Graham Platner, he of the Totenkopf emblazoned on his chest.The Wall Street Journal reckons that Ms. Stevens’s stand underscores that “many Democrats have real concerns about the antisemitic drift in their party. Jewish voters will have cause to wonder if there is any place for them in a party with Mr. El-Sayed as a Senator with a national platform.” Dr. El-Sayed told reporters on Sunday that he doesn’t “think about Haley Stevens.” Then again, if he thought about her concerns, he might yet have her endorsement.Another Democratic grandee, Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, accuses Ms. Stevens of acting to “dangerously betray Michigan families’ healthcare, freedoms and future with her horrific endorsement of Mike Rogers.” That’s language hardly reserved even for the likes of President Trump. The leftist and anti-Israel press impresario, Mehdi Hasan, says simply “she’s evil.” Mr. Trump lauds Ms. Stevens’s decision as “a thing called bravery.”Ms. Stevens is not Jewish herself, though her fiancé is, and she is said to be mulling conversion. No shift in creed, though, is required to discern that the radicalism taking root in the Democratic Party, of which Dr. El-Sayed is a prominent exemplar, has its designs not only on American support for Israel, but also on the bedrock principles of this nation. Democrats ignore Ms. Stevens’s warning about Dr. El-Sayed at their own — and America’s — peril.

A ‘Despicable Betrayal,’ Schumer Sputters

A ‘Despicable Betrayal,’ Schumer Sputters

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