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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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Raw Story· Oct 22, 11:05 PMDisgust after voter spouts ‘bone-chilling’ panic over candidate's name: ‘Embarrassing'

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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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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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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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El-Sayed defends Slotkin over remarks targeted by rightMichigan 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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Mike Rogers launches statewide bus tour ahead of midterm electionWith less than two weeks before the election, Republican candidate Mike Rogers launched a statewide bus tour.

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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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