MI-SEN: El-Sayed goes on attack in U.S. Senate debate with Stevens, McMorrow
Mackinac Island — The three Democratic candidates for Michigan's open U.S. Senate seat ― Haley Stevens, Abdul El-Sayed and Mallory McMorrow ― clashed Thursday in the closing hours of the Mackinac Policy Conference, debating issues including eliminating the filibuster, taxing billionaires and weighing U.S. military action abroad.
El-Sayed maintained the most combative posture against his two rivals, including during an early exchange when the candidates were asked about what influence their campaign donors have over their votes and actions as elected officials.
The moderator singled out Stevens for taking money from the pro-Israel lobby group, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, or AIPAC, and asking, "what that money means and what it buys?"
Stevens, a four-term congresswoman from Birmingham, didn't address the question, saying she was proud to have support from retired teachers, grocery clerks and factory workers. She then blamed Republicans in Congress for not backing campaign finance reform she supported in the U.S. House.
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