Promises Made, Promises Kept: Hannah Einbinder Celebrates Blue Wave With Haley Stevens Impression

As early results started pouring in on election night, critically acclaimed bisexual actress and Hacks star Hannah Einbinder took to Instagram, posting a Story of MS NOW’s Steve Kornacki closely analyzing the Indiana returns with the caption, “if our guys (gender neutral) win tonight, i will debut my perfect haley stevens impression.” At 2 a.m. Eastern time, after a massive wave of Democratic victories in Congress and statehouses that many have dubbed a “blue tsunami,” Einbinder made good on her word.On social media, she posted a video of herself in a bar fulfilling her promise by debuting an (admittedly very good) impression of the divisive erstwhile Democratic Senate candidate, who controversially endorsed Republican Mike Rogers over her Democratic primary opponent Abdul El-Sayed in the final days of the race. El-Sayed eventually took home the win with a whopping seven-point lead, becoming the first Muslim person ever elected to the U.S. Senate — and he did so without compromising on transgender rights. In the video, Einbinder deployed her best Midwestern lilt, invoking Stevens’ unique cadence saying, “We’re gonna give ’em a little bit of energy, a little bit of pow, a little bit of stick it to ’em, cus that’s the Michigan way!” The Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma star took the impression to the next level by exasperatedly flailing her hands, and adding purposeful pauses to the act. She captioned the video, “as promised.”Einbinder, who is a staunch Jewish supporter of Palestine, subsequently shared a congratulatory post for Senator-elect El-Sayed from the If Not Now Movement’s Instagram account, adding her own caption to the post saying, “literalyyyyyyyyyyy.” When questioned about her last-minute pivot to supporting Rogers during an interview with Anderson Cooper on CNN, Stevens’ rambly non-answers and peculiar demeanor had the internet in a fit of nervous laughter and left jokesters like Einbinder with some solid materia