Democratic Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed defended his past controversial comments about Fourth of July fireworks during a radio appearance Monday. While appearing on “The Breakfast Club,” El-Sayed was asked by host Charlamagne tha God about his previous support for defunding the police and criticism of firework celebrations on Independence Day. El-Sayed pushed back […]
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El-Sayed booked for major Islamic convention alongside clerics with radical pasts
Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed is slated to speak at the Islamic Society of North America’s (ISNA) annual convention over Labor Day weekend, joining a speaker roster that includes Muslim religious leaders with histories of controversial remarks. Among the most controversial figures attending the ISNA convention is cleric Baqir Berry, who prayed for “mujahideen” […]
Dem attorney backs GOP hopeful in Michigan race against El-Sayed, ‘jumping ship’ from his party’s ‘lunatics’
A veteran Democratic attorney is speaking out in opposition to Michigan’s new Democratic Senate nominee, Abdul El-Sayed. Julian Epstein, who served as the chief legal counsel for House Democrats during the Clinton impeachment hearing and later provided legal representation for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, penned an op-ed in the New York Post Thursday about his […]
El-Sayed in the hot seat for another foreign rental property, nearly $300K in additional income
Moments ahead of a primary debate on Monday night, Michigan Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed released a new financial disclosure, revealing new details about he and his wife’s assets worth up to $2.1 million. The disclosures, which come a week ahead of a heated primary election between El-Sayed and Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., shed […]
Unearthed clip exposes more anti-police rhetoric as El-Sayed gets grilled for deleting social media posts
Abdul El-Sayed, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Michigan, once accused the state’s police of profiling in a campaign speech. “We have a system of policing that seems to want to police on top of people rather than police with people,” El-Sayed said during a gubernatorial bid in 2018 in an address before Harvard. […]
Dem Senate hopeful Abdul El-Sayed recounts smashing vodka bottle after beard criticism
In a recent podcast appearance, Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed admitted to destroying property in a liquor store in Detroit over remarks about the length of his beard, a sign of religious observance among Muslim communities. “He says, ‘Are you Muslim?’ I said, ‘Yeah.’ He said, ‘Well, your beard is too short.’ I said, […]