Stevens avoids discussing group despite its spending
SOUTH HAVEN, Mich. — The American Israel Public Affairs Committee and its affiliated groups have spent close to $30 million backing U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens in Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary — their largest investment ever in a single race — as they seek to defeat progressive favorite Abdul El-Sayed in the Aug. 4 primary, according to the Associated Press.
Stevens, who talks often on the campaign trail about manufacturing, taking on President Donald Trump and why she is the Democrat best positioned to win Michigan, has said far less about the pro-Israel group spending millions to get her elected. Asked twice about AIPAC during a July campaign stop in West Michigan, she responded for more than 800 words without mentioning the organization a single time, the AP reported. Israel came up only once, when she said she “wanted to see the U.S. and Israel working together to rebuild Gaza.”
“Anyone who supported me is supporting me because of my dedication to the people of Michigan, and the things that I have done for Michiganders,” Stevens told the AP when asked whether she welcomed AIPAC’s support.