“It didn’t come as a shock at all,” Ms. Stevens said in an interview after a town hall in Milford, Mich., a General Motors town, referring to the questioner who asked about anti-Semitic remarks. Both she and Mr. Kim took the opportunity to underscore not only their own support for Israel, but also the continuing discussions about the need for peace in the Middle East.
But pivoting to other issues may prove more effective than defending embattled colleagues. Ms. Stevens’s vow to put pressure on Betsy DeVos, the education secretary, generated some of the biggest applause of the night, as did her promise to advocate cleaning up the Great Lakes.
“You got to read the room,” she said.
More liberal supporters of the newcomers said that while they aspire to have someone openly pushing for universal health care, free postsecondary education and other more aggressive policies, a moderate approach is what will maintain Democratic representation in their districts.
“Those are things I could put aside,” said Damon Burkeen, 17, a high school senior who drove an hour on icy Michigan roads to hear Ms. Stevens speak. “She fits our district,” which, aside from an odd two-month blip in a lame-duck session in 2012, has been represented by Republicans for 52 years.
Bill Rucker, a retired chemistry and biology teacher from Milford, said that as a fan of Ms. Ocasio-Cortez and Ms. Tlaib, he “wouldn’t mind if Haley was more that way.”
“But I understand that it can’t be everyone,” Mr. Rucker, 71, added.
In Utah, Mr. McAdams’s self-proclaimed independent streak may have won over his constituents. Asked about his support for the newly elected representative, Mr. Hansen, the Republican who wished aloud that the party would not corrupt him, did not have to think twice.
“If he stays true to the ideals that he talked about and says he will do, no matter what, if he stays true to it,” he said, “I’ll vote for him.”
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