特朗普总统周日表示，在众议员海莉·史蒂文斯（Haley Stevens）背书密歇根州参议员候选人迈克·罗杰斯（Mike Rogers，共和党人）而非提名人、她以前的参议院民主党初选对手阿卜杜勒·埃尔-赛义德（Abdul El-Sayed，民主党人）之后，他“非常希望”史蒂文斯加入共和党。
President Trump on Sunday said he would "love to have" Rep. Haley Stevens join the Republican Party after she endorsed Michigan Senate candidate Mike Rogers (R) over the nominee, her former Senate Democratic primary opponent Abdul El-Sayed (D).
记者们在空军一号外与总统交谈，众议院议长迈克·约翰逊（Mike Johnson，共和党-路易斯安那州）、内政部长道格·伯古姆（Doug Burgum）和众议院多数党领袖史蒂夫·斯卡利斯（Steve Scalise，共和党-路易斯安那州）站在总统两侧。记者问总统是否联系过史蒂文斯。“没什么好联系的，就是给她打个电话表示感谢。她做了正确的事，”他说。随后记者问她是否应该加入共和党，他补充道：“我非常希望她加入。”
Reporters spoke with the president outside Air Force One, flanked by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.), asking the president if he reached out to Stevens. "Not much to reach out, just [to] call her and thank her. She did the right thing," he said. Trump was then asked if she should join the GOP, to which he added, "I'd love to have her." Johnson said he "sent her a note ... and told her how courageous she was, how much we appreciate that."
约翰逊表示，他“给她发了条信息……告诉她她有多勇敢，我们有多感激。”“她在捍卫真理，”他继续说道。“海莉是个好人。她一直很深思熟虑。她热爱她的州。她竭尽所能为州服务，并且在讲真话。这是一场常识与疯狂的对决选举，选票上没有比埃尔-赛义德及其主张更疯狂的选择了。”约翰逊补充说，他让她注意安全，这促使一名记者询问她是否不安全。
"She's standing for truth," he continued. "Haley's a good person. She's always been very thoughtful. She loves her state. She's served it as best as she could and she's speaking the truth. This is a contrast election between common sense and crazy, and there is no crazier choice on the ballot than El-Sayed and what he stands for." Johnson added that he told her to stay safe, prompting one reporter to ask if she was not safe.
“看，我不知道。我们处于威胁升级的环境中，”他回答。“每个从政的人都面临这种情况，外面有危险的人。当然，她和她的未婚夫收到了很多威胁。”
"Look, I don't know. We're in a heightened threat environment," he answered. "Everybody in politics is, and there are dangerous people out there. Of course, her and her fiancé have been getting a lot of threats."
特朗普插话称埃尔-赛义德是“圣战分子”和“穆斯林兄弟会成员”，并补充道：“我会说她处于危险之中。”“而且我认为她这么做非常勇敢，”他继续说道。“她是为密歇根州人民这么做的。我对她很——我不认识她，从未见过她。但我对她非常尊敬，我可以告诉你。”
Trump stepped in and called El-Sayed a "jihadist" and "a Muslim Brotherhood guy," adding that "I'd say she's in danger." "And I think she was very brave doing it," he continued. "She did it for the people of Michigan. And I have great –– I don't know her, I've never met her. But I have great respect for her, I will tell you.
“她打了一场漂亮的竞选。”此前，特朗普称赞斯蒂文斯背书罗杰斯，称此举“意义重大”，并表示这位众议员“说出了极少有人愿说的话”，因她所做之事展现了“对密歇根伟大人民伟大且近乎空前的忠诚”。共和党全国委员会（RNC）也赞扬了斯蒂文斯对罗杰斯的背书，并表示密歇根选民“应该予以关注”，因为罗杰斯正在建立“一个由民主党人、独立人士和共和党人组成的获胜联盟，以将密歇根从埃尔-赛义德的激进、同情恐怖分子的议程中拯救出来。”
She put up a great race." Earlier, Trump commended Stevens for endorsing Rogers, calling it "BIG" and saying the House member "said what few people are willing to say" for showing "great and almost unprecedented loyalty to the Great People of Michigan with what she did." The Republican National Committee (RNC) also praised Stevens's endorsement of Rogers and said that Michiganders "should take notice" as Rogers builds "a winning coalition of Democrats, Independents, and Republicans to save Michigan from El-Sayed’s radical, terrorist-sympathizing agenda."
斯蒂文斯于周日背书罗杰斯，此前她在一场紧张的初选中败给了埃尔-赛义德。此次背书是在她与埃尔-赛义德争执数日后、且距离中期选举仅两天之际作出的。她周日还与罗杰斯一同出席了底特律一家教堂的活动。据知情人士透露，斯蒂文斯原定与埃尔-赛义德共同出席一场竞选活动，但埃尔-赛义德将她从活动中除名。
Stevens endorsed Rogers on Sunday, having lost her race to El-Sayed following a tense primary battle. The endorsement comes after days of feuding between herself and El-Sayed and comes only two days before the midterm elections. She also appeared at a Detroit church alongside Rogers on Sunday. Stevens was due to attend a campaign event with El-Sayed, but he dropped her from the event, according to sources familiar with the matter.
密歇根州和全国的民主党人抨击斯蒂文斯，有人称其为背叛。众议员黛比·丁格尔（民主党-密歇根州）表示，该州居民担忧生活成本，担心买不起食品杂货和住房。“他们想要专注于让生活更负担得起的领导人。这是他们在谈论的，而不是斯蒂文斯众议员持续博取关注的努力，”她在一份声明中说道，随后敦促选民支持埃尔-赛义德。
Michigan and national Democrats slammed Stevens, with some calling it a betrayal. Rep Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) said that her state's residents worry about the cost of living and being able to afford groceries and housing. "They want leaders focused on making their lives more affordable. That’s what they’re talking about, not Congresswoman Stevens’s continued efforts to get attention," she said in a statement before urging voters to back El-Sayed.