It’s rare to see a political nervous breakdown followed immediately by political suicide. We saw that this weekend in Michigan. And that is why Hayley Stephens is malaka of the week.

I usually prefer not to pile on after social media piles on someone. In this case, it’s impossible to resist. Call it the low hanging fruit rule: when you see it, pick it. I’ve rarely seen lower hanging fruit than Hayley Stevens’ last minute endorsement of Republican Mike Rogers. One could even call it this:

Stevens finished a close second in the Democratic primary. It was a tough and bitter campaign but Stevens endorsed Dr. El-Sayed the day after the primary. They had some strong disagreements over the Middle East. I disagreed with both of their positions BUT there’s no such thing as a bespoke candidate.

In first few weeks after the primary, Malaka Hayley understood that the real enemy is MAGA, not the DSA with whom Abdul El-Sayed is associated. The issue in the 2026 midterms is Trump, Trump, Trump and the chaos and cruelty of his second term. That’s why I call him the Kaiser of Chaos.

Stevens claims that she switched sides because she thinks AES is an anti-Semite. Sounds like high ground, right? It is NOT: she endorsed a candidate who’s running an Islamophobic campaign. One form of bigotry doesn’t justify supporting another form.

Repeat after me: There’s no such thing as a bespoke candidate.

One of Stevens and El-Sayed’s primary opponents Mallory McMorrow said this about why she thinks Stevens burned down her career:

I’ve known Haley for a long time. I don’t know her fiancé. But to see him out there so publicly — I can only speak for myself, but my husband and I talked about this, and my husband said if he ever tried to speak for me the way we see happening now, he was like, ‘you would leave me.’ It’s hard to watch.”

Malaka Hayley’s fiancé, Jason Turkish, seems to have swallowed the AIPAC playbook whole. Stevens apparently wilted under pressure from Turkish who had already endorsed Republican Mike Rogers. Stevens used to call him MAGA Mike and a Trump stooge among other things. She was right then, wrong now. Her Congressional staff agreed and the endorsement flip flop led to mass resignations that one could even call this:

Stevens’ staff understands that there’s no such thing as a bespoke candidate. They’re obviously made of stronger stuff than their former boss.

Will this affect Tuesday’s election? I have my doubts given the reaction by Michiganders who have taken a gander at Stevens’ explanation and rejected it. I rarely cite horse race polls but El-Sayed leads Rogers by 11 points in the final Times-Sienna poll. It was taken before the meltdown but any votes Rogers gains because of it will be offset by a surge in Democratic turnout. It may even help AES in the Black community where he’s struggled to connect. Black women, in particular, value strength and hate weakness. Hayley Mills is weak.

Republicans have praised Stevens’ last minute defection including the Insult Comedian:

“I don’t know Haley, I’ve never met Haley,” Trump said at a rally in Iowa on Sunday, the final weekend before the Nov. 3 midterm elections. “But Haley said what few people are willing to say. I think I’d probably—I’d love her to join the Republican Party actually.”

Trump’s praise completed Malaka Hayley’s journey from loyal Democrat to pariah. She seems to have made flippy floppy because her feelings were hurt. That’s some weak ass shit when our democracy is imperiled by fascism. And that is why Hayley Mills is malaka of the week.

The last word goes to Clarence Carter: