Haley Stevens advised to stay away from Abdul El-Sayed campaign events to limit ‘distractions’

A public spat has cast Democratic tensions in the spotlight as the close US Senate race draws to a headAbdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for Michigan’s tightly fought US Senate race, wants Democratic congresswoman Haley Stevens to stay away from his campaign events.“I don’t want any distractions,” El-Sayed told reporters after a campaign rally, according to the New York Times. “It seems as though other folks are more interested in making this race about things that it’s not about.”

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