WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
  • James Carville declared Haley Stevens’ political career over after she endorsed Republican Mike Rogers over Democrat Abdul El-Sayed.
  • Carville said Republicans would treat Stevens like a “used condom” and claimed Democrats valued her even less.
  • Stevens said she did not belong in El-Sayed’s campaign and rejected association with Hasan Piker.
  • El-Sayed’s campaign reportedly told Stevens to avoid remaining events after she demanded he disavow an anti-Israel advertisement.

Democrat strategist James Carville delivered a blistering response Sunday after former Democrat Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Haley Stevens endorsed Republican Mike Rogers over Abdul El-Sayed. Carville told Stevens her political career was finished and warned that Republicans would regard her as little more than a “used condom.”

Carville opened his video with a blunt declaration about the future Stevens could expect after crossing party lines. “Your political career is over,” exclaimed Carville in a video Sunday.

He then spelled out how he believed Republicans would view the former Democrat candidate. “If you think that these Republicans are going to treat you as anything other than what they view you as – and that is, let me just break the news to you – a used condom.”

Carville was not finished, turning his fire toward Stevens’ standing among Democrats as well. “The Democrats don’t even think you’re worth a used condom, but that’s about where you are,” he added.

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His final instruction in that portion of the video was just as unforgiving. “You made your bed, sleep in it.”

Carville concluded by suggesting Stevens consider opening a cheeseburger restaurant with Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania. Fetterman is described as a noted moderate who has resisted the extremes of the Democratic Socialists of America.

The tirade followed Stevens’ endorsement of Rogers over El-Sayed on Sunday, a move that sent shockwaves across the political landscape. Stevens explained that El-Sayed had said she was no longer welcome in his campaign and should stay away.

“Hey Michigan, as you may have seen, our Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, Abdul, said that I was no longer welcome in his campaign and that I should stay away, and he’s right. That’s why I am endorsing Mike Rogers for the United States Senate today,” Stevens said.

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Stevens did not frame the endorsement as a small disagreement over campaign tactics. Instead, she said she did not belong in El-Sayed’s campaign and specifically rejected association with Hasan Piker.

“I don’t belong in Abdul’s campaign. I do not stand with Hasan Piker, who gets trafficked on our college campuses. A dear friend of mine earlier today was saying that education is on the ballot and she is absolutely right.”

Stevens continued by focusing on what students and children see, as well as what she believes Michigan represents. She argued that hate does not define Michiganders and criticized what was coming from the Democratic nominee.

“What our students see, what our children see, and who we are as Michiganders is not hate. And is not what we are getting out from our Democratic nominee right now,” she continued.

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The endorsement came after the relationship between Stevens and El-Sayed rapidly deteriorated in the days leading into Sunday. Stevens had backed El-Sayed’s campaign after the pair competed in a heated primary, but that political alliance did not hold.

The New York Times and Politico reported that El-Sayed’s campaign told Stevens to stay away from its remaining campaign events. That reported instruction followed Stevens calling on El-Sayed to disavow an anti-Israel advertisement.

Another personal and political split had emerged earlier in the week. Stevens’ fiancé, who is Jewish, said he was voting for Rogers.

Carville’s response showed the anger unleashed by Stevens’ decision to support the Republican rather than the Democratic nominee. His message offered no olive branch, only a crude assessment of her political future and a dismissive suggestion that she enter the restaurant business with Fetterman.

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