密歇根州民主党众议员海莉·史蒂文斯的未婚夫本周表示，在密歇根州参议院竞选中，他将支持共和党候选人迈克·罗杰斯，而不是史蒂文斯此前的民主党初选对手阿卜杜勒·埃尔-赛义德。
The fiancé of Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) said this week he would support GOP candidate Mike Rogers over Stevens’s former Democratic primary rival, Abdul El-Sayed, in Michigan’s Senate race.
在周三发表的一篇采访中，杰森·土耳其指责这位民主党人在竞选活动中使用反犹言论。
In an interview published Wednesday, Jason Turkish accused the Democrat of using antisemitic language on the campaign trail.
“我们从未见过哪位美国参议院候选人在竞选途中像阿卜杜勒那样，对社区中犹太人的安全表现得如此轻率，”这位犹太裔民主党捐助者对《底特律新闻报》说。
“We have never seen a candidate for U.S. Senate act so recklessly toward the safety of Jews in the community as we have seen from Abdul,” the Jewish Democratic donor told The Detroit News.
史蒂文斯和土耳其于8月宣布订婚，此前埃尔-赛义德在密歇根州民主党参议院初选中以微弱优势击败了这位众议员。史蒂文斯在败选后公开支持埃尔-赛义德，但已有数月未与他同台竞选。
Stevens and Turkish announced their engagement in August, after El-Sayed narrowly defeated the House member in Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary. Stevens publicly backed El-Sayed after this loss, but she has not campaigned alongside him in several months.
土耳其对《底特律新闻报》说，他目睹了“初选以来（埃尔-赛义德）言论的升级，这让人们感到不安全”。“每次他谈到种族灭绝，犹太人就会收到死亡威胁，”他继续说道。
Turkish told The Detroit News he has witnessed “an escalation in [El-Sayed’s] rhetoric since the primary, and it makes folks unsafe.”“Every time he talks about genocide, Jews get death threats,” he continued.
埃尔-赛义德在8月为他在底特律地区一座犹太教堂遭袭后发表的言论道歉。
El-Sayed apologized in August for comments he made after an attack on a Detroit-area synagogue.
他还因对以色列政府在加沙的军事行动提出更广泛的批评而受到审视，并在左翼Twitch主播哈桑·皮克发表关于支持以色列的美国犹太人的争议性言论后与其保持距离。皮克曾与埃尔-赛义德一起参加竞选活动。
He has also faced scrutiny for his broader criticism of the Israeli government over its military operations in Gaza and distanced himself from Hasan Piker after the left-wing Twitch streamer, who joined El-Sayed on the campaign trail, made controversial comments about American Jews who support Israel.
这位民主党人的竞选发言人罗克西·里奇纳在给《底特律新闻报》的一份声明中说，埃尔-赛义德“专注于在该州建立广泛的联盟”。
In a statement to The Detroit Press, the Democrat’s campaign spokesperson, Roxie Richner, said El-Sayed was “focused on building a broad coalition” in the state.
土耳其说，他计划参加周三晚在密歇根州伯明翰举行的一场罗杰斯竞选活动，该活动由共和党犹太联盟主办。这场活动题为“谁来保障我们的安全？罗杰斯对阵埃尔-赛义德”，共和党提名人和得克萨斯州参议员特德·克鲁兹（共和党）将出席。
Turkish said he plans to attend a Rogers campaign event in Birmingham, Mich., on Wednesday evening hosted by the Republican Jewish Coalition. The event, titled “Who Will Keep Us Safe? Rogers vs. El-Sayed,” will feature the GOP nominee and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (R).
土耳其宣布这一消息之前，史蒂文斯的前竞选主席周二刚对《犹太内幕》表示，他同样不会在11月的竞选中支持埃尔-赛义德。
Turkish’s announcement follows a recent declaration from Stevens’s former campaign chair to Jewish Insider on Tuesday that he would similarly not support El-Sayed in the November race.
“我对迈克·罗杰斯有很多意见，甚至不愿用‘支持’这样的词，”克雷默对该媒体表示。“但我已决定投票给他，因为我认为他至少确实关心犹太人的安全和参与公共生活，而且他似乎分得清我们的敌人伊朗和我们的盟友以色列。” 《国会山报》已联系埃尔-赛义德的竞选团队置评。
“I have lots of issues with Mike Rogers, and I’m not even willing to use words like ‘support,’” Kramer told the outlet. “But I’ve made peace with voting for him because I do think that he at least does care about Jews being safe and participating in public life, and he seems to know the difference between an enemy of ours in Iran and an ally of ours [in Israel].”The Hill has reached out to El-Sayed’s campaign for comment.