Stevens takes the radical position that U.S. support for Israel should “go unquestioned.” If never questioning support for a genocidal state is “moderate,” then our definition of “moderate” needs to change.

Representative Haley Stevens, a white woman with black hair, is speaking into a microphone about her support for Israel. In the background is a photo of the rubble of Gaza.

No two years are ever the same. 2026 is certainly not 2024. Two years ago, the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate in Michigan was a bore. Then-Congresswoman (and ex-CIA agent) Elissa Slotkin was widely expected to triumph over little-known challenger Hill Harper, and so she did. The only excitement in the affair came when Harper—and withdrawn candidate Nasser Beydoun—claimed to have been offered $20 million in campaign contributions from a pro-Israel group to drop out of the race and primary Palestinian-American Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib.

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