From Josh Marshall, Talking Points Memo, on injury lawyer and Mike Rogers-supporting Jason Turkish's pressure on his fiancée Rep. Haley Stevens to aggressively confront Dem nominee Abdul El-Sayed, leading to her endorsing MAGAt shill Rogers:
"People around Stevens think this whole episode is heavily tied to her newly public fiancé, Jason Turkish. They question just how it was that he went from being a donor to being her fiancé and they point to various examples of controlling or dominating behavior they’ve observed in their interactions. (I’m choosing my words carefully and judiciously here.) Last night, a subscription-only Michigan political news service ran an interview with former Michigan Governor Jim Blanchard in which Blanchard described a recent dinner with Stevens, Turkish and others in which Turkish aggressively berated Stevens in front of other dinner guests for not driving a harder line with El-Sayed. [snip]
My overall take is that what happened here is much more a personal than a factional or electoral situation at this point. And I know from my own reporting that, quite apart from the politics, people around Stevens have been increasingly worried about that relationship itself.
That said, if a new relationship can lead to this kind of erratic and consequential public behavior — out of the blue endorsing a candidate of the opposite party — that’s not a great recommendation for serving in elected office or positions of public trust." (our emphasis)
Be sure to read Josh's piece for the account of the tense dinner with former Gov. Blanchard. If she goes ahead and marries this domineering, Likudnik p.o.s., she'll deserve the trouble that follows.
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