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Abdul El-Sayed attacked Obama. Now they’re campaign partners.

Just days ago, Democratic Senate hopeful Abdul El-Sayed announced that Barack Obama will join him on the campaign trail in Michigan later this month. While the former president will try to make El-Sayed as palatable to the public as possible, El-Sayed’s comments over Obama’s presidency reveal perhaps some animosity between them. Long before El-Sayed ran…

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‘The list of his failures goes on’: El-Sayed’s Obama criticism resurfaced ahead of campaign rallyBy Andrew Kaczynski, CNN (CNN) — Former President Barack Obama is set to hit the campaign trail for Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed later this month, years after El-Sayed criticized Obama’s presidency at times as a failure, saying it left the country no “better off.” In comments reviewed by CNN’s KFile from Obama’s 2012
Obama is to appear with El-Sayed in Detroit as the ex-president gets more involved in the midtermsFormer President Barack Obama plans to appear with Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed in Detroit this month. Obama will attend an Oct. 24 rally. Other Michigan Democrats on the ballot also will be there, including Jocelyn Benson, the nominee for governor. Obama is upping involvement in the midterm election. He taped two dozen ads last week for…

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Obama is to appear with El-Sayed in Detroit as the ex-president gets more involved in the midtermsFormer President Barack Obama plans to appear with Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed in Detroit this month. Obama will attend an Oct. 24 rally. Other Michigan Democrats on the ballot also will be there, including Jocelyn Benson, the nominee for governor. Obama is upping involvement in the midterm election. He taped two dozen ads last week for…