Establishment Dems (or someone aligned with them) using sneaky tactics (that undoubtedly are/ will be used in other elections) to try to beat a Progressive candidate
The race to fill Michigan’s open Senate seat narrowed this month to a two-way Democratic primary between Rep. Haley Stevens and physician and former county health director Abdul El-Sayed. Backed by the Democrats’ progressive wing, including Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., El-Sayed’s campaign has outraised Stevens, an establishment candidate who has been endorsed by retiring Sen. Gary Peters, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and, on Friday, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. But outside groups, including the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, or AIPAC, and its affiliates, have poured $50 million into the race to boost Stevens. The primary election is on Aug. 4.
These seemingly coordinated social media posts from purported Michiganders with names that include periods and phrases like “rants with” or “yaps” are meant to boost Stevens too. And they echo the language of a paid influencer campaign for an unspecified candidate that one influencer who was approached for the job shared with MS NOW. But unlike the TV ads currently blanketing the state, which carry the names of the groups that paid for them, the posts of the influencer campaign do not disclose any potential funders — or even whether they are ads. #