Sam Robinson
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Detroit one million is a local journalism project about the next generation of Detroit. samueljrobinson@icloud.com srobinson@michronicle.com
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I ask Rep. Haley Stevens, how can you support a candidate who stands in direct opposition to what you stand for?
“Nothing is perfect,” Stevens says before a heckler yells, “Stevens is a traitor,” which ended the press scrum.
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Republican Senate nominee Mike Rogers appearing with Democrat U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens at Perfecting Church in Detroit
“Michigan voter” and it’s Sam Riddle
19-year-old Brandon Young from 6 Mile says he’s voting for Abdul El-Sayed because Haley Stevens is pro-Israel. “She’s too much of a corporate, Israel shill,” Young says.
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Stevens met with community leader Jai Singletary, who told her he already voted for Abdul El-Sayed.
Singletary showed photos of the youth soccer team he coaches before telling Stevens lawmakers shouldn’t be supporting Israel’s military that has killed children in Palestine.
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I asked Congressman Clyburn about the generational divide in the race, clear at today’s event, which was attended mostly by much older voters than what we’ve seen at El-Sayed rallies: “That’s great, that’s our future,” he said.
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El-Sayed tells me he’s releasing his tax returns next week.
