Stevens plans joint event with El-Sayed amid ad dispute

Rep. Haley Stevens said she plans to appear with Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed and Rep. Jim Clyburn at a Detroit church event Sunday, after learning through party leaders and emissaries that El-Sayed intended to formally condemn an ad by Rebellion PAC. The reports do not establish whether the appearance took place or whether El-Sayed made that condemnation. Stevens said Friday that she expected El-Sayed to condemn the outside group’s ad, apologize for his own Israel-related campaign statements and remove a campaign ad featuring commentator Tucker Carlson. She said she accepted Clyburn’s invitation to appear because she had heard El-Sayed was prepared to condemn the Rebellion PAC ad. Her understanding of his intent came through unnamed Democratic leaders and emissaries, rather than a direct confirmation from his campaign. The Rebellion PAC ad depicts a grocery-store scene and links high prices to money being set aside for killing Palestinians. Stevens described the ad as antisemitic and argued that El-Sayed’s public remarks had made a similar connection between Israel and costs facing Michigan residents. Those characterizations were part of Stevens’s...