Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) faced fierce backlash from fellow Democrats, party officials and her own staffers after endorsing Republican Mike Rogers for U.S. Senate on Sunday, Axios reported.
According to Axios, the endorsement marks a reversal in standing for Stevens, who came within a few percentage points of being her party's nominee for Senate in Michigan just months earlier.
Axios reported that the criticism included harsh language. The outlet quoted a representative as saying "Pathetic, petty, selfish, unhinged," but the excerpt available for this account cuts off before the speaker's name, so the identity of the speaker could not be confirmed from that report.
The headline of the Axios report describes Stevens's staff and colleagues as erupting over what it calls her betrayal. The available summary does not say which party officials, colleagues or staff members made which remarks.
The summary also does not describe any response from Stevens or from Rogers to the criticism, so the report's account of their positions could not be assessed beyond what the excerpt states.
This account relies on that single Axios report, written by Andrew Solender and published on Sunday. Other reporting on the reaction was not available for this story, and the full text of the report was not reviewed.
Sources: Axios: "Petty, selfish, unhinged": Haley Stevens' staff and colleagues erupt at her "betrayal".