What did Pod Save America say about Haley Stevens endorsing Mike Rogers in Michigan?

Haley Stevens, a Michigan Democrat, endorsed Republican Mike Rogers over Abdul El-Sayed on the Sunday before the 2026 midterms, going to church with him and holding a press conference. The hosts noted she had told Debbie Dingell around midnight the night before that she would not do it, and that her Anderson Cooper interview never explained what changed. They expected little effect on the result, since fewer than 5% of Michigan voters were undecided, and saw it uniting Democrats behind El-Sayed.

• Cooper cited reports that more than half of Stevens's staff had quit.
• Stevens's demands of El-Sayed went beyond disavowing a Cenk Uygur-linked ad to revisiting his primary positions on Israel and an ad featuring Tucker Carlson.
• Jon Lovett argued that Stevens made no comparable demands of Mike Rogers despite his campaign's rhetoric.

Source: our own transcription of the episode. The full conversation is on Pod Save America (2026-11-03). Read the whole episode summary →

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