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The final vote will be referendum on what kind of Democratic Party emerges in one of the country’s most crucial swing states.
Political and sports commentator Clay Travis recently suggested that Michigan Republicans should cross over and vote for Abdul El-Sayed in the Democratic Senate primary. His reasoning: El-Sayed is a far-left radical who can’t win in November, and his securing the nomination would help Republican Mike Rogers win the all-important seat.
This is seriously bad advice — not just because it’s tactically risky, but because it asks Republicans to do something they should be unwilling to do: lend their votes, even instrumentally, to a candidate who represents a newly imported and genuinely dangerous ideological project.
Primary meddling is a stupid game that typically produces stupid prizes. Anticipating that some conservatives might start floating this ill-advised idea, I wrote about it recently for this site.
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Jesse Arm is the director of external affairs and presidential initiatives at the Manhattan Institute.