On Monday night’s episode of “The Daily Show,” Jon Stewart took aim at Michigan congresswoman Haley Stevens and her 11th-hour switch to endorse Republican Mike Rogers over Democrat Abdul El-Sayed ahead of Election Day on Tuesday.
\n\nStewart spent much of the segment trying to trace how Stevens’ change of heart could have happened, given that she’d been “very clear” about her and El-Sayed’s “shared goal” of defeating Rogers. The host then cut to news clips of Stevens opposing Rogers and his political stances; “Mike Rogers has shown that he’s just going to go along with whatever Donald Trump does. He’s not going to speak out when erratic tariffs are impacting our auto industry,” she said. “Rogers is a nightmare.”
\n\nDespite those assertions, Stevens endorsed Rogers in a video posted on Sunday, seemingly filmed from her car. “Is her car in a ditch? Is she endorsing Mike Rogers after getting in a car accident?” asked Stewart. “Real quick, before I lose consciousness, I am endorsing the nightmare… This is like the most diabolical episode of ‘Fargo’ I’ve ever seen.”
\n\nPerhaps her endorsement had to do with the fact that El-Sayed did not “welcome” her to his campaign, wondered Stewart. (Stevens recently…
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