{"id":72201,"date":"2026-04-20T12:56:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T17:56:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/20\/left-wing-activists-heckle-pro-israel-democrat-haley-stevens-at-michigan-convention\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T12:56:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T17:56:16","slug":"left-wing-activists-heckle-pro-israel-democrat-haley-stevens-at-michigan-convention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/20\/left-wing-activists-heckle-pro-israel-democrat-haley-stevens-at-michigan-convention\/","title":{"rendered":"Left-wing activists heckle pro-Israel Democrat Haley Stevens at Michigan convention"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pro-Palestinian activists shouted down Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., as the U.S. Senate hopeful spoke at Michigan<\/a> Democrats\u2019 spring convention on Sunday.<\/p>\n

When Stevens, a pro-Israel Democrat, walked on stage with a group of union employees, the crowd erupted with party activists heckling her over her support for Israel<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Democrats, I love you, even when we disagree,” the congresswoman said, but audience members continued to drown her out with boos and jeers.<\/p>\n

DEMOCRATS TEAM UP WITH FAR-LEFT STREAMER WHO ONCE SAID \u2018AMERICA DESERVED 9\/11\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

As Stevens departed the stage following her remarks, several attendees stood up, put their fists in the air and started to chant: “Shame on you.”<\/p>\n

The tense moment underscores the Democratic Party’s race to the left, and how support for Israel has become a central flashpoint in Michigan’s competitive three-way Democratic primary in a state with sizable Jewish and Arab constituencies.<\/p>\n

Stevens has come under scathing criticism from progressive Democrats over her long-held pro-Israel stances and support from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee<\/a> (AIPAC).<\/p>\n

Her primary competitors, by contrast, have leaned further left on the issue.<\/p>\n

Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, endorsed by Sen. Bernie Sanders<\/a>, I-Vt., and Michigan state Sen. Mallory McMorrow have accused Israel of genocide and sworn off AIPAC and the pro-Israel lobby.<\/p>\n

Stevens recently upset Michigan progressives by unequivocally rejecting the far-left online streamer Hasan Piker<\/a>, who has a history of making antisemitic and pro-Hamas statements.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Piker has described some Orthodox Jews as “inbred,” claimed the United States “deserved 9\/11” and downplayed sexual violence that occurred during the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel. He has denied accusations of antisemitism, but continues to maintain that Hamas is better than Israel.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Stevens has warned about the political fallout for Democrats if the party embraces Piker, telling Jewish Insider,<\/u><\/a> “Someone who\u2019s campaigning with someone like that is not going to win in Michigan.”<\/p>\n

McMorrow, despite disavowing the pro-Israel stance, has also hammered El-Sayed for embracing Piker and has taken a tougher line against antisemitism than her left-wing foe.<\/p>\n

Some attendees shouted “Abdul” when McMorrow exited the stage at the convention over the weekend, signaling support for the most radical Democrat candidate.<\/p>\n

The swing state contest is viewed as a top pick-up opportunity for Republicans with former Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., who is endorsed by President Donald Trump,<\/a> expected to cruise to the GOP nomination. Democrats are playing defense to keep the seat being vacated by retiring Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., in the blue column.<\/p>\n

The battleground race is one of three Senate contests rated as a “toss-up” by the nonpartisan Cook Political Report<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Stevens, the only Democratic candidate in the race who has served in Congress, has been promoted by allies of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. TIME reported<\/u><\/a> that Schumer has also opened the door to supporting McMorrow, though has continued to hold El-Sayed at arm’s length.<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital reached out to Stevens\u2019 campaign for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pro-Palestinian activists shouted down Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., as the U.S. Senate hopeful spoke at Michigan Democrats\u2019 spring convention on Sunday. When Stevens, a pro-Israel Democrat, walked on stage with a group of union employees, the crowd erupted with party activists heckling her over her support for Israel.\u00a0 “Democrats, I love you, even when we … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72201\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}