Top Democrat slams Haley Stevens for backing Republican candidate over El-Sayed in Michigan

Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate El-Sayed. A Democratic congresswoman in Michigan has endorsed Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers over her party's nominee Abdul El-Sayed, triggering a political storm within the party just before the US midterm elections.Haley Stevens, who lost to El-Sayed in the Democratic Senate primary in August, announced her support for Rogers on Sunday after appearing alongside him at a church service in Detroit. Her endorsement came amid a rising bitter public feud with El-Sayed, who had reportedly asked her to stay away from a planned joint campaign appearance."Our Democratic nominee for Senate said I was no longer welcome in his campaign and that I should stay away," Stevens said in a video announcing her decision. "And he's right. And that's why I am endorsing Mike Rogers for the United States Senate today."The move drew sharp criticism from Democratic leaders, with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer calling it a "despicable betrayal". Michigan Democratic Party chair Curtis Hertel accused Stevens of abandoning the values she claimed to support.El-Sayed, however, sought to play down the development, telling reporters that he was focused on is...