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El-Sayed defends Slotkin over remarks targeted by right

Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed (D) is standing by Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) after the lawmaker sparked the GOP's ire with a recent comment that she wants young professionals to rethink accepting a job with the Trump administration. In a Wednesday radio interview with “The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent,” El-Sayed accused Republicans…

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Michigan Deserves Straight Answers From Abdul El-SayedIn a free country, a man’s faith is his own. No American should have to pass a religious test to hold office. The Constitution forbids it, and decency forbids it too. But a candidate’s honesty belongs to the voters. So too does his judgment, and so too the company he keeps and the comparisons he...

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'Major betrayal': Voters who helped Trump win say GOP has turned on themTwo years after Arab and Muslim voters helped deliver Michigan to President Donald Trump, many say the Republican Party has repaid them with attacks. “There’s no thanking, there’s attacking,” Husham Al-Husainy, an Iraqi American imam in Dearborn, told MS NOW . Al-Husainy backed Trump in 2024, as did many Arab and Muslim voters protesting the Biden…

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Jewish Opposition to Abdul El-Sayed May Not Matter in Michigan RaceAbdul El-Sayed says Israel isn’t a U.S. ally. Michigan’s math suggests he can win without Jewish voters.

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The Abdul El-Sayed dirt keeps PILING UPAbdul El-Sayed wants to represent Michigan in the U.S. Senate, but BlazeTV hosts Stu Burguiere and Dave Landau believe he’s one of the weaker Democrats running this November — and his latest controversy isn’t helping. “El-Sayed’s a uniquely bad candidate for the Democrats,” Stu says, noting that the “Republicans have a chance there.” “You feel like when…

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Mayor Mary Sheffield is supporting Abdul El-Sayed for U.S. SenateDetroit Mayor Mary Sheffield says this about U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed: 'Sounds like that's the winner'

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Michigan paper won't seek comment from Mike Rogers over El-Sayed attacksDetroit Metro Times says it will no longer seek comment from Mike Rogers' campaign over alleged "lies and bigoted attacks" targeting Democratic rival Abdul El-Sayed's Muslim faith.

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Disgust after voter spouts ‘bone-chilling’ panic over candidate's name: ‘Embarrassing'A young voter's on-camera concern about a Democratic Senate nominee left political observers stunned as a short clip ricocheted across social media. On Thursday, journalist Richard Gaisford shared a roughly 30-second exchange with a 19-year-old voter in Detroit who was worried about the name of Abdul El-Sayed , the Democrat running for Michigan's open…

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Bernie Sanders Gives $1 Million to Bolster El-Sayed and Counter AIPAC in MichiganThe transfer came a day after the news that the pro-Israel lobby was planning to contribute as much as $9 million to defeat the Democratic nominee for Senate.

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