00:00Imagine losing half your staff right before an election and get even more backlash after you
00:04try to defend it on national TV. There's reports that more than half of your staff has quit. Is
00:09that accurate? Representative Haley Stevens just sat down with CNN's Anderson Cooper after breaking
00:14ranks with her party and the interview quickly spiraled into pure awkwardness. Look, I have an
00:20incredible team in Washington. Obviously, they cast their votes. Just days before the election,
00:26the Michigan Democrat shocked her party by endorsing Republican Mike Rogers over her former
00:31primary rival, Abdul El-Sayed. Her decision immediately triggered a political earthquake,
00:36including statement release and high-profile resignation from her own staff. Pressed on why
00:41she was endorsing a Republican, she previously warned was, quote, a rubber stamp for Trump's
00:45dangerous agenda. Stevens repeatedly deflected, eventually telling Cooper. It sounds like you're
00:50upset with me too, Anderson. No, I'm not. I'm just, you're not really answering any of my questions,
00:53so it's somewhat frustrating. And at one point, Anderson waited an awkward seven seconds to see
00:58if she would ever reply to one of his questions. But a prolonged pause filled the air before Stevens
01:03eventually asked, was that a question, Anderson? Or, or? No, I wanted to see if you wanted to fill
01:08in silence, but you don't. Oh, look. So is this a real principle stand for her or a complete political
01:13misfire? Drop your thoughts below and follow to keep up on what's trending.
01:15were on to, all of the rave to the table, is to share if you want to make your rules.
01:15So let's
01:15go to the table for some questions. Now, let's see. Next, we have to go to the table. So let's
01:16go to the table for the table. So let's go to the table. So let's say our
01:16the table in the table. Then we have to make a minute to take a GC. So let's set them
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