DUBUQUE, Iowa—President Donald Trump and House speaker Mike Johnson said they would welcome Democratic congresswoman Haley Stevens to the Republican Party following her stunning endorsement of Republican Mike Rogers for Senate in Michigan two days before voters head to the polls in what has become the nation’s most contentious race.
Speaking with reporters ahead of a Sunday rally in Dubuque, Iowa, Trump said the GOP "would love to have" Stevens inside the GOP tent. He was responding to a question from the Washington Free Beacon about the Democrat's endorsement of Rogers. President Donald Trump, alongside House Speaker Mike Johnson and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, speaks with reporters ahead of a rally in Dubuque, Iowa on Sunday, Nov.
1, 2026. (Thomas Catenacci/Washington Free Beacon) Johnson said he had spoken to the Democratic congresswoman and that she "did a heroic and important thing for the country." "I sent her a note, spoke to Haley, and told her how great she was, how much w