Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI) endorsed Republican Michigan Senate nominee Mike Rogers after appearing alongside Rogers at a Black church in Detroit on Sunday following days of deteriorating relations between her and Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed.

Stevens’ endorsement, accentuated by the joint appearance at Detroit’s Perfecting Church, marked an unexpected twist in the Michigan Senate race, two days ahead of the midterms. It came after Stevens warned that El-Sayed was failing to reassure Jewish and Black voters who supported her in the primary.

Stevens, in a video statement, said that she believes she does not “belong” with El-Sayed’s campaign, noting El-Sayed’s recent attacks on her.

“Abdul said that I was no longer welcome in his campaign and that I should stay away. And he’s right,” Stevens said in the video.

She went on, “I do not stand with Hasan Piker, who gets trafficked on our college campuses,” referencing El-Sayed’s joint appearances with Piker on college campuses during the primary. “A dear friend of mine earlier today was saying that education is on the ballot, and she’s absolutely right. And what our students see, what our children see, and who we are as Michiganders is not hate, and is not what we are getting out from our Democratic nominee right now.”

She said that the seat should be the “conscience of the Senate.”

“I’m just one person, I love this state,” she said. “I’m just letting you know where I am. I’m still a very proud Democrat. I still very much believe in everything I voted for and said, and I’ve worked really hard, and will continue to do in all the ways life’s opportunities afford.”

A Rogers campaign spokesperson on Sunday shared a photo of Rogers and Stevens standing next to each other at the church, captioned, “We have a state to save, Michigan.” 

Stevens and El-Sayed had reportedly not spoken in months, but tensions broke into public on Wednesday, when Stevens’ fiancé, Jason Turkish, said he planned to vote for Rogers. 

Stevens said that she still supported and intended to vote for El-Sayed but urged him to publicly condemn an ad by Cenk Uygur’s Rebellion PAC blaming Israel for high grocery prices in the U.S. and to take down an ad from his campaign featuring Tucker Carlson.

On Thursday, Reps. Jim Clyburn (D-SC) and Debbie Dingell (D-MI) brokered a planned joint church appearance with El-Sayed and Stevens. But on Friday, Stevens conditioned her participation on El-Sayed condemning the Rebellion PAC ad, and demanded that he apologize for his own campaign rhetoric demonizing Israel and take down the Carlson ad.

El-Sayed responded defiantly, attacking Stevens, and Dingell said on Saturday that she had changed her mind and asked Stevens to stay away from any joint appearances before Election Day. Stevens said as of Saturday that she was still undecided on whether she planned to attend the event with Clyburn and El-Sayed on Sunday.

On Saturday, El-Sayed said for the first time that he did “not agree” with the contents of the Rebellion PAC ad, while insisting that he had said as much before and dismissing the issue as a media-driven story irrelevant to Michigan voters.

Stevens, in her own statement, praised El-Sayed for doing so.

“Michigan is at its best when we stand up for each other: Jewish families, Black congregations, Arab American neighbors, all of us,” she said. “I was glad to see our Senate nominee say he does not agree with the content of the vile Rebellion PAC ad. … Whenever anyone tries to set us against each other, we have an obligation to stand up and fight back. This is what our constituents deserve from those of us in elected leadership.”

Michigan Democratic Party Chair Curtis Hertle said that Stevens’ appearance with Rogers “shows that she has abandoned everything she claims to care about” and that the party rejects “the attempts by Stevens and bad-faith actors to divide our party and undermine our momentum.”

Dingell accused Stevens of trying to “get attention.”