{"id":2134,"date":"2026-08-03T09:09:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T09:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=2134"},"modified":"2026-08-03T09:09:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T09:09:08","slug":"israel-is-defining-michigans-primaries-progressives-say-thats-why-theyre-winning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=2134","title":{"rendered":"Israel Is Defining Michigan&#8217;s Primaries. Progressives Say That&#8217;s Why They&#8217;re Winning."},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Rep. Haley Stevens recently lobbed a stunning accusation at her rival in the race to be Michigan\u2019s Democratic Senate nominee, Abdul El-Sayed. \u201cEveryone in America understands you want to blame all of your problems on Jewish Americans,\u201d Stevens wrote Thursday on <span><u>X<\/u><\/span>.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=2128\">Rep. Marcy Kaptur Hospitalized After Hit-and-Run Crash in Ohio<\/a><\/p><p>Stevens is not Jewish. But she has received nearly $30 million \u2014 a <span><u>record<\/u><\/span> amount \u2014 in support from forces that have long dominated American discussion of Israel, the self-proclaimed Jewish state: the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) and affiliated groups. El-Sayed, who could become the country\u2019s first Muslim senator, has both condemned Israeland <span><u>said<\/u><\/span> he supports \u201cequal rights to peace, dignity and self-determination for Palestinians and Jewish Israelis alike.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><span><u>Asked<\/u><\/span> about her comments by a reporter on Saturday, Stevens responded: \u201cThere\u2019s been a lot of talk from my opponent throughout this race about AIPAC, about foreign policy,\u201d and mentioned El-Sayed campaigning with the streamer Hasan Piker, saying Piker \u201chas been very antisemitic.\u201d Piker has previously <span><u>rejected<\/u><\/span> similar characterizations of his views. Stevens\u2019 campaign did not respond to an inquiry from NOTUS about her comments regarding El-Sayed.<\/p><p>Earlier in the week, Donavan McKinney, who is making a primary challenge against Rep. Shri Thanedar in Michigan\u2019s 13th Congressional District, told NOTUS that as he campaigns, voters have demanded a \u201credistribution of resources\u201d with clear implications for the U.S.-Israel relationship. As people speak of working three jobs or rent swallowing most of their Social Security checks, he sees their dire straits as inseparable from Washington choosing to fund Israel\u2019s ongoing attacks on Palestinians and collaborating with Tel Aviv on \u201ca war for no reason with Iran [that costs] $1 billion per day.\u201d<\/p>\n<section>\n<div>\n<h2>\n<span>Trending<\/span>\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"AP26199842871765\" class=\"wp-image-2118\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/b3b1c91b3b6c7d49476852f0f7cfd651-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/b3b1c91b3b6c7d49476852f0f7cfd651-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/b3b1c91b3b6c7d49476852f0f7cfd651-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/b3b1c91b3b6c7d49476852f0f7cfd651.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      A Normie Democrat Revolt Is Pushing Abdul El-Sayed Toward Victory\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ohio Congresswoman Accident\" class=\"wp-image-2132\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/57fcd1e3152d948979d825ad9362c5ea-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/57fcd1e3152d948979d825ad9362c5ea-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/57fcd1e3152d948979d825ad9362c5ea-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/57fcd1e3152d948979d825ad9362c5ea.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      Rep. Marcy Kaptur Hospitalized After Hit-and-Run Crash in Ohio\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"President Donald Trump\" class=\"wp-image-2110\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4c01e3f0a10075b724a6b449705b1808-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4c01e3f0a10075b724a6b449705b1808-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4c01e3f0a10075b724a6b449705b1808-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4c01e3f0a10075b724a6b449705b1808.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      Trump Sticks by \u2018Anti-Weaponization\u2019 Fund Ahead of Blanche Confirmation Vote\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Congress Budget\" class=\"wp-image-2133\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/45cf9cc1620e40ff24ed26f5cc8e0c75-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/45cf9cc1620e40ff24ed26f5cc8e0c75-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/45cf9cc1620e40ff24ed26f5cc8e0c75-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/45cf9cc1620e40ff24ed26f5cc8e0c75.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      Trump to Supercharge Local Police Immigration Enforcement With $1.6 Billion\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>Israel is inescapable in the dynamics around Michigan\u2019s Tuesday primaries, making the elections there a microcosm of the larger debate within the Democratic Party over U.S. support for the country. An overwhelming majority of Democratic voters <span><u>think<\/u><\/span> the U.S. is too supportive of Israel, according to a late-June Quinnipiac poll. And the views of the American public writ large on the issue have <span><u>trended downward<\/u><\/span> in recent years \u2014 with a drastic split <span><u>emerging <\/u><\/span>between the preferences of the Democratic base and party leadership as the last Democratic president, Joe Biden, fueled Tel Aviv\u2019s punishing offensives in Gaza and Lebanon.<\/p><p>Nationally, candidates and activists urging drastic changes to the U.S.\u2019s Israel policy are now deeply enmeshed with those demanding an overall change to the Democratic Party\u2019s positions and style, saying it has been soft on both Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Donald Trump. The establishment is pushing back: Gretchen Whitmer, Michigan\u2019s Democratic governor, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer have endorsed Stevens against El-Sayed, and chief House Democrat Rep. Hakeem Jeffries backs Thanedar against McKinney. Schumer and Jeffries are firm Israel supporters. Will Lawrence, another insurgent House candidate tied to the party\u2019s left flank, is <span><u>battling two establishment-friendly rivals<\/u><\/span> in Michigan\u2019s 7th Congressional District.<\/p><p>Yet while political convention once recommended deference to hardline Israel allies, the situation in Michigan suggests rising forces in the Democratic Party are cementing a different strategy: being loud and proud in questioning Washington\u2019s entanglement with Tel Aviv.<\/p><p>The 2026 midterms follow the 2024 cycle, in which American support for Israel first became a dominant national concern among Democrats. Like the current slate of progressive candidates, including El-Sayed and McKinney, those questioning Israel then faced intense pushback presenting them as needlessly divisive, and defenders of the U.S.-Israeli status quo still cite that election. The argument \u2014 <span><u>pushed<\/u><\/span> by voices like Rep. Dan Goldman (D-New York), a staunch Israel backer unseated in a primary this summer \u2014 is that the Uncommitted campaign, which began in Michigan and urged Democrats in several states to reject Biden in their primaries votes to send an electoral message to shift his Gaza policy, hurt the party. Goldman <span><u>argued<\/u><\/span> on X that Uncommitted \u201cwas significantly responsible for Trump 2.0.\u201d Abbas Alawieh, an Uncommitted co-founder, is now running for state senate in Michigan with the backing of many of the organizations supporting fellow progressives. Alawieh has said he voted for Kamala Harris, and Uncommitted\u2019s defenders say its goal was to warn Democrats about a vulnerability so they could win.<\/p>\n<p>Today, Israel skeptics say the success of their movements in Democratic primaries in Colorado and New York earlier this summer has already demonstrated the growing popularity of changing the American relationship with Israel. Rather than treat Michigan as definitive, they hope it will entrench a trend \u2014 and be influenced by momentum elsewhere.<\/p><p>\u201cThis is a national movement too,\u201d McKinney said, recalling his trip to Denver in June to campaign for Melat Kiros, a fellow challenger to a Democratic incumbent who entered national politics because of the Gaza war. \u201cTo see the energy on the ground \u2014 We were like, \u2018I hope it spreads.\u2019\u201d<\/p><p>He continued: \u201cPeople around the country are just tired of status quo politicians.\u201d<\/p><p>Kiros and fellow progressives, including two others who won primaries this cycle, have stumped for candidates in Michigan during the primary races\u2019 final weeks, and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont), a progressive leader, visited the state to campaign for McKinney and El-Sayed last month. Locally, their coalition includes figures like Eboni Taylor, who\u2019s running for state senate and whom Sanders has endorsed. Ed Rushton, an adviser to Taylor, cast the fight against AIPAC as similar to a deeply local issue: He said its operations resemble those of Detroit-based energy company DTE, in focusing on silencing critique from politicians from both parties \u2014 rather than supporting a positive agenda \u2014 and pumping excessive money into races. Stevens\u2019 opponents argue, for instance, that there is no guarantee AIPAC and its partners will continue supporting her through November should they succeed in quashing El-Sayed.<\/p><p>The alliance among progressives means they can vouch for each other to those who might be skeptical of one, Rushton noted \u2014 including those wary of growing discussion of Israel in politics, and those highlighting the issue.<\/p><p>Some voters and even elected Democrats in Michigan have expressed concern about the political influence of Arab Americans, the community to which El-Sayed and Uncommitted\u2019s leaders belong. At a recent campaign stop at a senior-living center, Rushton said, a person said they did not want \u201cthese Arabs to run the show,\u201d an apparent criticism of Taylor\u2019s endorsement from Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D), the sole Palestinian American in Congress.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI almost appreciated them saying that\u201d for the chance to respond, Rushton said, to what he calls \u201can attempt to remarginalize Arab Americans disguised as a reclaiming of the Democratic Party\u201d after the loss to Trump.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=2126\">A Normie Democrat Revolt Is Pushing Abdul El-Sayed Toward Victory<\/a><\/p><p>\u201cAcross the state, 70,000 white women voted for Whitmer twice and voted for Trump in 2024. Yet somehow this is an Arab issue?\u201d Rushton told NOTUS. He said Taylor responds to similar comments while canvassing by describing her personal trust in Tlaib, El-Sayed and Alawieh. Stevens has <span><u>falsely<\/u><\/span> claimed El-Sayed led Uncommitted and rejected Harris in 2024.<\/p><p>Usamah Andrabi, the communications director for the progressive group Justice Democrats, said the Michigan progressives can jointly \u201cbuild power for the working class in working class communities\u201d while using the 2024 experience to their own benefit, to argue that mainstream Democrats enabled the rise of a Republican trifecta federally.<\/p><p>\u201cThe establishment has spent so many years trying to convince everyday people they cannot challenge the billionaire class \u2026 [now] it is up to the establishment whether they want to use the campaigns we\u2019re building as a roadmap,\u201d he said. Justice Democrats formally endorsed McKinney and is, per Andrabi, \u201csupportive from afar\u201d of El-Sayed and Lawrence.<\/p><p>Part of that blueprint is a clear position on Israel. Greg Krieg of the American Priorities PAC, which explicitly <span><u>aims<\/u><\/span> to counter AIPAC spending, told NOTUS: \u201cPalestine is a credibility test now. If voters think you won\u2019t be honest about it, they won\u2019t trust you on anything else.\u201d<\/p><p>American Priorities has spent more than $650,000 in Michigan, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Progressives say a central part of their strength is the excitement that drives grassroots ground organizing. In Michigan, they have the benefit of several aligned campaigns running simultaneously, \u201cworking to change the face of Congress for something much bigger\u201d in terms of a policy shift, said Beth Miller, the political director of the organization Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) Action.<\/p><p>Her group\u2019s endorsement of El-Sayed was its first Senate endorsement and itself an indicator of the Democratic evolution on Israel: JVP is explicitly anti-Zionist. Miller traced the development to years of work by organizers focused on what she called American \u201ccomplicity in Israeli apartheid and ethnic cleansing\u201d that has grown significantly since the Gaza war began in October 2023.<\/p><p>El-Sayed was long on the group\u2019s radar, she said, \u201cnot coming in trying to ride the coattails.\u201d<\/p><p>Alongside his message, JVP emphasizes \u201cthe truth there is no \u2018Jewish\u2019 opinion on Israel or Palestine \u2013 as long as there has been Zionism, there have been anti-Zionist Jews,\u201d Miller said.<\/p><p>Amid the optimism among progressives, they still have determined detractors in Michigan \u2014 including among Democratic voters and persuadable Trump voters, groups from which their candidates will need support in November. The handling of Israel is a particular focus for those who remain leery, though seemingly more over its impact on domestic politics than policy choices abroad: Stevens supporters argue El-Sayed and allies focused on pushing the party over Gaza created unnecessary and even dangerous negativity at a party convention in April. On Thursday, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, who is Jewish, <span><u>said<\/u><\/span> she will not attend the state party\u2019s August convention over fears for her safety. Nessel\u2019s critics say their opposition to her is over her <span><u>attempted<\/u><\/span> prosecutions of anti-war protesters at the University of Michigan.<\/p><p>Some Democrats maintain that the party and voters it needs won\u2019t coalesce around progressive candidates in the general election, and those divisions could aid the GOP, with some <span><u>hinting<\/u><\/span> they might never back El-Sayed if he triumphs over Stevens.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers\u2019 campaign is projecting confidence over the surge for the left and Democratic infighting.<\/p><p>\u201cIf you think calling to defund the police, abolishing private healthcare for autoworkers, and campaigning with an influencer who said, \u2018America deserved 9\/11\u2019 are winning messages, I have news for you: Michiganders aren\u2019t buying it,\u201d Alyssa Brouillet, Rogers\u2019 communications director, said in an emailed statement to NOTUS, including an apparent reference to Piker.<\/p><p>Miller cast cold water on that GOP logic and said the progressives are focused on overall success.<\/p><p>\u201cWhat we need to beat Republicans in the general election in 2026 and then again in 2028 are people who are absolutely unapologetically un-bought and very clear in their values,\u201d she said.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=2120\">Sen. Bernie Moreno Says His Ex-Son-In-law, Rep. Max Miller, \u2018Shouldn\u2019t Serve in the House\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The debate among state Democrats is proving to be a microcosm of the discussion happening nationally within the party.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2129,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campaigns"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Israel Is Defining Michigan&#039;s Primaries. 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