Abdul El-Sayed scores Sen Tina Smith's endorsement in Democratic primary that exposes party divide

"In all due respect to Haley Stevens, everybody knows that this is not an election between her and Abdul," Sanders said during an event last week in support of El-Sayed.

El-Sayed is hammering home his argument that the race is boiling down to the “money versus the many.” He said more than $58 million has been spent on behalf of Ms.

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Senate primary candidate Abdul El-Sayed, describing him as "a fighter." El-Sayed expressed his gratitude Thursday for the senator's backing. Gary Peters, D-Mich., who announced last year that he would not seek re-election, is supporting Stevens to succeed him in the Senate seat.

"Haley Stevens will be ready on day 1 to fight for Michigan, which is why I am excited to announce I am all in for Haley Stevens." Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., is also among those backing Stevens. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed said he will fight for women’s health and reproductive rights and access. (Evan Cobb for The Washington Post via Getty Images) Former Rep.

"The idea that people would threaten her safety because she was willing to stand up to keep us all healthy is, to me, the example of what the kind of toxicity that we see out of Donald Trump creates," El-Sayed said.

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The Powerful rally at the Detroit Opera House on July 18, 2026 in Detroit, Mich. Jim Clyburn of South Carolina, the longtime Democrat whose support helped revive President Biden’s embattled primary bid in 2016. Notably, The New York Times later reported that four of the 12 people charged in the alleged plot had been government agents or informants, prompting accusations of entrapment. The post was one of a series calling to "liberate" Virginia and Minnesota from COVID-19 restrictions imposed by Democratic governors.

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AIPAC says its mission “supports pro-Israel Democratic and Republican candidates for Congress” and provides its members a platform to “help pro-Israel candidates defeat anti-Israel challengers.” Mr. El-Sayed said Michigan voters deserve a senator who will stop corporate stock buybacks that divert money away from wages and “guarantee its own people healthcare rather than send our money somewhere else to drop bombs on other people and their schools and their infrastructure.” Ms. Although President Donald Trump did not call for any kind of violence against Whitmer, El-Sayed said he believed the president was at least partially responsible, pointing to a tweet Trump had made six months before the discovered plot.

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He also says AIPAC, its allies and corporate America will be happy as long as Ms. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., takes the stage at Mumford High School on May 3, 2026 in Detroit, Michigan. (Sarah Rice/Getty Images) His comments reference a foiled plan to kidnap Whitmer that first surfaced in 2020.