Haley Stevens requests U.S. marshals' protection after death threats

Michigan Representative Haley Stevens has reached out to U.S. Marshals for protection following death threats, Axios reports through multiple senior Trump administration officials. Stevens claimed she received these threats for endorsing Republican Mike Rogers in the closely contested Senate race within the battleground state. The decision to endorse Rogers has been the biggest political event of the midterm campaign's final days.

Stevens - who lost primary elections to Abdul El-Sayed - faced severe criticism from Democrats for switching her endorsement. Her top staff members subsequently resigned. Stevens has been receiving death threats and approached the Marshals Service in response. According to one of the officials, there is a procedure to follow, but as a member of Congress, Stevens anticipates her request will be granted.

Stevens' endorsement of Israel and her criticism of the Jewish state were central points of contention during the primary race. She disagreed with El-Sayed's associations with controversial progressive streamer Hasan Piker, and an advertising firm linked to Piker's uncle, Cenk Uygur, claiming Israel was responsible for rising grocery prices.

El-Sayed later denied the ad, but Stevens felt he did not address her concerns sufficiently, thus refusing to support him during the campaign. The dispute escalated when Stevens was barred from El-Sayed's campaign events. Stevens announced her endorsement of Rogers after meeting with him at a church service on Sunday. Her current availability for comment remains unknown.

In the bigger picture, the political atmosphere in Michigan has been volatile this weekend. The New York Post revealed on Monday that a former El-Sayed staffer was among several anti-Zionist activists charged with terrorizing members of Michigan's Jewish community. On Sunday, a conservative Jewish activist was assaulted by a progressive activist at a University of Michigan event criticizing Islam.

On Friday, U.S. authorities arrested a Michigan man for allegedly threatening FBI Director Kash Patel. Stevens recently had a heated exchange with an anti-Zionist activist who accused her of attempting to intimidate her due to her support for Israel.