House Democrats Demand Haley Stevens' Removal as Jeffries Stalls Until After Election

House Democrats are openly calling for Rep. Haley Stevens to be thrown out of their caucus after she endorsed Republican Mike Rogers over Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed two days before the election. Leader Hakeem Jeffries is putting off any decision until after Tuesday.

"Haley Stevens made a terrible decision, blindsided everyone and isolated herself from the House Democratic caucus," Jeffries told POLITICO. A senior Democratic aide said Caucus Chairman Pete Aguilar would likely back Jeffries' response.

Others want faster action. Rep. Delia Ramirez of Illinois said Stevens "must be removed from the caucus." Rep. Pramila Jayapal of Washington said she "has no place in our party." IfNotNow also demanded her expulsion and the loss of her committee assignments. Removal would bar her from weekly caucus meetings; what happens to her committees would depend on caucus and House rules that have not been clarified.

Michigan Democratic Party Chair Curtis Hertel said on X that Stevens is no longer a member of the state party and won't be in the future.

The blowup came after El-Sayed's campaign asked Stevens not to appear at his events, per Fox News. She had said she would attend church with him and Rep. Jim Clyburn to mobilize Black voters. Instead she appeared at a different church with Rogers and endorsed him.

Rep. Debbie Dingell told CNN that Stevens had assured her "multiple times" she would not endorse Rogers. "I don't know what changed between late Saturday and Sunday morning," Dingell said.

Stevens, a four-term congresswoman, is leaving Congress at year's end after narrowly losing the Democratic Senate primary to El-Sayed. Her communications director has reportedly left her office, according to an automated reply. Spokespeople for Jeffries and Aguilar did not respond to Fox News' requests for comment.