The Latest Breaking News from Abdul ElSayed

Voters defeated three measures that Republican Legislatures put on the ballot in Missouri and Kansas

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Ballotpedia · Aug 6

JD Vance Attacks Michigan Senate Primary Winner Abdul El-Sayed as Fake 'Working-Class Hero' Backed By 'Wealthy White Liberals'

Vice President JD Vance said Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed presents himself as a "working-class hero" but draws support from "wealthy white liberals," opening a Republican attack before November.

Benzinga · Aug 6

Afternoon Update: Gina Rinehart gets apology from ABC; Angus Taylor mentioned again at Icac; and a forbidden novel

Broadcaster’s managing director Hugh Marks says film has been edited on the ABC’s platforms to remove the material in question

The Guardian - AU · Aug 6

Trump says Michigan Senate candidate is part of ‘communist’ wave

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The Independent UK · Aug 5

El-Sayed: Bigotry is GOP's only move

The Senate candidate encouraged his opponents to get better talking points

Salon · Aug 5

Trump attacks ‘full of s**t’ Michigan Democrat Abdul El-Sayed after progressive’s primary win

The president accused El-Sayed of being part of a wave of Democratic ‘communists’ who would harm America if elected

The Independent UK · Aug 5

Abdul El-Sayed narrowly won in Michigan. Here’s what that could mean for progressives in future elections

ANALYSIS: Abdul El-Sayed just won by the skin of his teeth. His victory proves that the Bernie brand is far from unpopular in the Midwest, but that progressives will still have to climb mountains to win, writes John Bowden

The Independent UK · Aug 5

At Las Vegas campaign stop, Trump slams Michigan winner Abdul El-Sayed

President Donald Trump on Wednesday took his midterm campaign show to a casino a few miles off the Las Vegas strip in Nevada, where Republicans are targeting three light-blue House seats with control of the chamber on the line in November. The head of the Republican Party hit on his…

Roll Call · Aug 5

Abdul El-Sayed Says He's Not a Socialist. His Policy Agenda Says Otherwise.

El-Sayed is pushing a mendacious claim: that people would be wealthier if they endured yet another massive transfer of money and power to a vast federal health bureaucracy.

Reason · Aug 5

Republicans rush to define El-Sayed as Democrats try to move past bitter primary

Michigan Democrats sought Wednesday to turn the page on a bitter Senate primary, as Republicans made their opening attacks on newly anointed Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed.  El-Sayed, a former local public health official running on an unabashedly progressive agenda, narrowly defeated the more centrist Rep. Haley Stevens in a divisive…

Roll Call · Aug 5