{"id":94212,"date":"2026-05-30T07:42:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T07:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/full-video-michigan-senate-democratic-primary-debate-el-sayed-vs-mcmorrow-vs-stevens\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T07:42:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T07:42:25","slug":"full-video-michigan-senate-democratic-primary-debate-el-sayed-vs-mcmorrow-vs-stevens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/full-video-michigan-senate-democratic-primary-debate-el-sayed-vs-mcmorrow-vs-stevens\/","title":{"rendered":"Full Video: Michigan Senate Democratic Primary Debate \u2014 El-Sayed vs. McMorrow vs. Stevens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> WDIV hosts candidates for Michigan&#8217;s Democratic Senate primary at the 2026 Mackinac Policy Conference.  <blockquote<b>RCP Average: <A href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/senate\/democratic-primary\/2026\/michigan\">2026 Michigan Senate &#8211; Democratic Primary, August 4 (El-Sayed +10)<\/a>  Candidates: <\/b>  Abdul El-Sayed (24.3)<\/b> &#8211; former Wayne County health director and 2018 gubernatorial candidate  <b>Mallory McMorrow (19.8)<\/b> &#8211; Michigan state senator  <b>Haley Stevens (19.8)<\/b>&#8211; U.S. representative from Michigan&#8217;s 11th District <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>  The debate, moderated by Nolan Finley and Jason Colthorp, focused on issues facing Michigan and the nation ahead of the August 4 primary election.   <b>Opening statements:<\/b>:  Mallery McMorrow (4:19) touted her record of working across the aisle to create a 10-year economic development strategy and expanding registered apprenticeships in Michigan.  Haley Stevens (5:25) highlighted her role in passing the CHIPS and Science Act and criticized the impact of trade wars on Michigan small businesses.  Abdul El-Sayed (6:35) focused on the influence of corporate lobbyists, advocating for taxing billionaires&#8217; wealth, supporting unions, and enforcing antitrust policies.  Key Discussion Topics:  <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8211; Economy &#038; Affordability (4:19): McMorrow emphasized working across the aisle and local economic development , Haley Stevens discussed the impacts of tariffs and the importance of the CHIPS and Science Act (5:25), and Abdul El-Sayed advocated for taxing billionaires and enforcing antitrust policies (6:35).  &#8211; Debt and Deficits (8:03): McMorrow advocated for more responsible budgeting, while Abdul El-Sayed blamed corporate influence, and Haley Stevens argued for a focus on economic growth.  &#8211; Foreign Policy (13:30): The balance between military power and diplomacy, including involvement in Ukraine and the Middle East  Senate Rules &#038; Democracy (25:00): All three candidates expressed support for abolishing the filibuster to allow for more functional legislative processes.  Emerging Technology and AI (36:30): Abdul El-Sayed warned AI is an &#8220;oncoming tsunami&#8221; that needs to be regulated as a public utility, while Mallerie McMorrow introduced a plan to fund apprenticeships through a tax on AI.  Closing Statements (54:47)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/video\/2026\/05\/29\/full_video_michigan_senate_democratic_primary_debate_.html\">RealClearPolitics Videos<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WDIV hosts candidates for Michigan&#8217;s Democratic Senate primary at the 2026 Mackinac Policy Conference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1356,3216,29342,2156,29343,7443,7082,605,6353,129],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94212"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94212"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94212\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}