The Democrat U.S. Senate primary race is now between Haley Stevens and Abdul El-Sayed. Mallory McMorrow dropped out in early July. Stevens holds a slight lead in recent polls over El-Sayed. He’s labeled a progressive but has ties to the Democratic Socialists of America; meanwhile, Stevens is being marketed as the ‘centrist Democrat.’ Stevens and elitist Democrats would have you believe she’s the "authentic" candidate who speaks from her heart.
How authentic? Well, she has the scripted remarks to prove it! (WATCH)
"Those cool kids on the Internet doing the cool kid chatter. Some of 'em might be the coastal elites, making fun of how I talk. They're making fun of Michigan. They're thinking they're better than us. Their jokes, and their criticism, only make me fight harder."
— Howard Mortman (@HowardMortman) July 25, 2026
-- Haley Stevens pic.twitter.com/bgAsd6sFCF
Her entire message here is that "I'm the authentic voice of the people" and she can't get through five words of it at a time without looking down at her notes. https://t.co/QVNl7I6AMK
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) July 26, 2026
When she says she ‘speaks from the heart,’ she means the 'heart' of her computer’s printer.
Her canned speech isn’t the only reason people are doubting her authenticity. It’s her annoying voice, too.
I’m very interested in accents and dialects, especially in the Midwest/Great Lakes. Where do people in Michigan talk with this accent?
— yournamehere (@yournamehee2) July 26, 2026
Well traveled Michigander here. Never met a single person in Michigan who talks like this. Everyone I know will say the same.
— wade (@saintedfrost) July 26, 2026
i'm from ohio and literally never met a Michigander that remotely sounds like this its very strange
— Stephen (@circastephen) July 26, 2026
nowhere. born and raised here and have been all around it, and the only place i’ve heard people sound like her is in unfunny SNL sketches 😭
— elyse (@meatmorgue) July 26, 2026
Unfunny SNL scripts? We didn’t realize funny ones were floating around.
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Speaking of Saturday Night Live, some say she looks like a late comedian who was once on the late-night show. Stevens does seem like a not-ready-for-primetime-player on the national stage.
She's like AOC and Chris Farley had a baby.
— Brick Suit (@Brick_Suit) July 26, 2026
She looks like that overweight, bipolar mother you use to avoid at all costs when you were growing up.
— Sue Ellena (@Sue_ellena) July 26, 2026
I love how she's railing against the "elites" while standing next to party elite James Clyburn
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) July 26, 2026
As if a woman like that could be in this position but for being put there by the elites. I also think if you code-switch you are in fact a card carrying member of the elite.
— Sue Ellena (@Sue_ellena) July 26, 2026
The elites (aka establishment Democrats) have picked her because El-Sayed will be impossible to control if he clears the primary and then wins the general election.
Whatever that dialect Stevens is spewing, it seems she’s been advised to keep at it.
It's obvious her consultants told her to lean into it, so ok fine. But her execution here comes off as wholly performative.
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) July 26, 2026
She's a fake "authentic" person like Graham Platner and Tim Walz.
— Ellie A (@EllieGAnders) July 26, 2026
Democrats desperately want to win back blue-collar voters. They tried to make obviously fake candidates like Tim Walz and Graham Platner into working-class, normal Americans and failed spectacularly. With Stevens as their choice, it’s clear Democrats have learned nothing.
