Hannah Einbinder made good on her promise to debut an impression of Michigan Rep. Haley Stevens if Abdul El-Sayed won the state’s Senate race on Tuesday night.
\n\nWatching the midterm results roll in from a bar, the “Hacks” star promptly posted a video of her Stevens impression following El-Sayed’s victory. “We’re gonna give ’em a little bit of energy, a little bit of pow, a little bit of stick it to ’em, cos that’s the Michigan way!” she says in the clip, shared to her Instagram Story. In a subsequent post, Einbinder celebrated the win, writing, “Mazel tov, Abdul.”
\n\nWE GOT THE HANNAH EINBINDER HALEY STEVENS IMPRESSION THANK U MICHIGAN https://t.co/5UzevZHazD pic.twitter.com/zpCpL46qkV
\n\nEl-Sayed defeated Mike Rogers in Michigan’s closely watched Senate race, becoming the first Muslim elected to the U.S. Senate. His victory came as Democrats secured control of both chambers of Congress in Tuesday’s midterms.
\n\nThe results capped a tumultuous week that began Sunday when Stevens, who narrowly lost Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary to El-Sayed in August, announced she would back his Republican opponent instead.
\n\nStevens subsequently appeared on CNN for an interview with Anderson Cooper, who repeatedly questioned what had prompted the sudden reversal. Her bizarre demeanor and…
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