Called 'Evil' and a 'Traitor': The Left's Unity Act Collapses Over Haley Stevens

Haley Stevens endorsed a Republican, and within hours her own side had called her "evil," a "traitor" and a "disturbed, deranged, dishonest woman." Those are the words of Democratic allies, not Republican attack ads.

Zeteo's Mehdi Hasan wrote, "She's evil." David Hogg, the former DNC vice chair, urged Democrats to "apologize for supporting a traitor." Hasan Piker said she was "weirdly obsessed with Israel." Cenk Uygur claimed her "only source of power is the Israeli lobby" and that she has "no popular support, just AIPAC money." Chuck Schumer called the endorsement "a despicable betrayal."

Even former Obama aides joined in. Jon Lovett called it "an incoherent disgrace," and Tommy Vietor said she "is fine with bigotry and racism" when it targets the "right people."

Consider what set this off. Stevens objected to an ad that blamed grocery prices on U.S. support for Israel and asked her primary opponent to condemn it. He later said he disagreed with the ad's contents, after his campaign first said it was not affiliated with it. For that, the party's loudest voices want her run out.

Democrats spend every cycle telling voters that Republicans are the intolerant ones. A Democratic congresswoman raised an objection about antisemitism and was told she is evil. Voters can draw their own conclusion about which party has room for dissent.