艾尔-赛义德竞选团队排除史蒂文斯以消除“干扰”

密歇根州民主党联邦参议员提名人阿卜杜勒·艾尔-赛义德（Abdul El-Sayed）取消了邀请同党众议员海莉·史蒂文斯（Haley Stevens）参加其竞选活动的安排，理由是“I don’t want any distractions”（我不想要任何干扰）。1 原定于周日在底特律教堂举行的两人共同亮相活动因此被取消。1

尽管史蒂文斯曾在八月初选结束后公开支持艾尔-赛义德，但双方近期因对外部政治广告及加沙战争相关言论的分歧导致关系破裂。1 冲突的直接导火索是史蒂文斯要求艾尔-赛义德谴责那些将物价上涨归咎于美国支持以色列在加沙战争的境外政治广告。1 对此，艾尔-赛义德发表声明指出，美国以色列公共事务委员会（AIPAC）曾花费巨资试图击败他。1 此外，矛盾还涉及史蒂文斯的未婚夫 Jason Turkish 正在为共和党候选人 Mike Rogers 助选这一事实。1

这一公开的党内不和引发了民主党人对关键席位争夺战可能受到负面影响的担忧，因为赢得此选区对民主党重夺参议院控制权至关重要。1 密歇根州参议员 Mallory McMorrow 批评了史蒂文斯的行为，强调选民关注的是汽油和杂货价格而非内部纷争。1

Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Michigan, has excluded Representative Haley Stevens from his campaign events to prevent what he described as unwanted distractions 1. The decision led to the cancellation of a joint appearance originally scheduled for Sunday at a Detroit church 1. Although Stevens publicly endorsed El-Sayed following their contentious primary contest in August, the two have since experienced a significant rift that threatens party unity in a race critical for Democrats seeking to regain control of the Senate 1.

The immediate cause of the discord stems from external political advertisements linking rising costs to U.S. support for Israel’s war in Gaza 1. Stevens requested that El-Sayed condemn these ads, but El-Sayed responded with a statement highlighting AIPAC’s history of spending heavily to defeat him 1. Further complicating the relationship is the fact that Stevens’ fiancé, Jason Turkish, is campaigning for Republican candidate Mike Rogers 1. State Senator Mallory McMorrow criticized Stevens’ conduct, arguing that voters are focused on prices for gas and groceries rather than internal party disputes 1.