The congresswoman who lost the Democratic primary to Abdul El-Sayed is defending her decision to switch her to endorsement to Republican Mike Rogers in the leadup to Tuesday’s election.

Stevens posted Wednesday on X that she didn’t regret the change but that she originally endorsed El-Sayed. She pointed to her strong support for U.S. ally Israel.

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      The whole “Friends of Foreign Nation” thing for members of Parliament in the UK and their equivalent in the US always looked to me like Treason - I mean, you’re elected to a position of power to represent the people of your country and then you go and in the legislative institutions of you country you’re defending the interests of a different country, openly so even.

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        I’m only aware of one foreign nation that appears in those organisation names.

        No “Friends of Montenegro” that I’m aware of.

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        correct… Israel probably pays her better and she could not care less about morality