Abdul El-Sayed 2026 political campaign
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Abdul El-Sayed pushes back on Israel-related press scrutiny
El-Sayed campaign plans festive 9/11 event with remembrance missing from public schedule
After Fox News Digital asked about the lack of a 9/11 remembrance on the public schedule, El-Sayed's campaign said the nominee would be attending a 9/11 remembrance memorial event that day.
El-Sayed's campaign website listed staff and volunteers for Grand Rapids' Fiesta Mexicana, a nearby farmers market, and the Allegan County Fair.
El-Sayed called Hasan Piker's statement that America "deserved 9/11" "dumb," but did not disavow Piker.
“The September 11th terrorist attacks were an evil attack on America's freedom and he will be joining Michiganders in remembering the 25th anniversary,”
Abdul El-Sayed Issues Apology for Comments on Michigan Synagogue Attack
Abdul El-Sayed apologized to Michigan's Jewish Democratic Caucus for comments he made regarding a March synagogue attack.
Abdul El-Sayed defeated US House member Haley Stevens in a Democratic primary election.
A man attacked Temple Israel synagogue in a Detroit suburb in March by ramming a car into the building and opening fire on a security guard before dying by suicide.
“To anyone who feels like my comments might have been hurtful, I’m really sorry. That was not my intention.”
Abdul El-Sayed downplays ties to Hasan Piker amid antisemitism firestorm
El-Sayed appeared alongside Piker on the campaign trail.
A representative for El-Sayed pointed to a story in The Hill reporting that the candidate has 'no plans' to campaign with Piker.
Hasan Piker suggested Jewish Americans are "making antisemitism worse" by voicing their support of Israel.
Abdul El-Sayed questioned at Michigan convention, later apologizes for synagogue comments
In a video response to the synagogue attack, El-Sayed condemned the attack and said 'hurt people hurt people.'
Ghazali had lost four relatives in an Israeli airstrike on Lebanon the week prior to the attack.
Abdul El-Sayed is the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Michigan.
Dearborn pastor warns against El-Sayed Senate bid
Abdul El-Sayed said in a 2009 New York Times interview that he followed Sharia law when taking out a loan for an Ann Arbor condo.
El-Sayed's spokeswoman Roxie Richner said that while El-Sayed lives by the rules of his faith, he opposes any effort by any religious community to write their faith laws into the laws of the country.
Pastor Lorenzo Sewell of 180 Church warned that Abdul El-Sayed's goal as a senator would be to recommend federal judges to presidents, leading to Sharia law across the country.
El-Sayed criticized for fixation on 'talking about other people's wives' after Trump attack
Natalie Harp is a longtime Trump supporter who credited Trump's first-term 'right to try' order for saving her life after a battle with bone cancer.
Political commentator Melik Abdul accused the El-Sayed campaign of sexism and misogyny on X.
The Abdul-El Sayed campaign launched an attack aimed at White House aide Natalie Harp on Thursday.
Fox News report on El-Sayed praising community abroad while criticizing US
El-Sayed described the community experienced in Egypt as "a beautiful thing" and said he wished Americans had more of it.
El-Sayed's campaign told CNN that cherry-picked comments from old podcasts do not reflect his beliefs today.
El-Sayed said American life has been "deeply atomized" and that phones and social media are "not community."
El-Sayed's Sharia law stance sparks online backlash
Jesse Watters asked El-Sayed whether getting rid of Sharia law is White supremacy.
Abdul El-Sayed is a Michigan Democratic Senate candidate.
El-Sayed said nobody is trying to push Sharia law on anyone else.
Smithsonian-linked museum in El-Sayed's neighborhood examines post-9/11 response
The AANM received a $385,000 grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development in 2013.
The Israeli government designated Defense of Children International Palestine as a terrorist organization in 2021.
The share of Americans who viewed Muslim Americans favorably rose from 45% in March 2001 to 59% in November 2001, according to the Pew Research Center.
Abdul El-Sayed confronts Jesse Watters on air over sex change surgery for minors
Watters confirmed that he is circumcised.
El-Sayed refused to say how much his proposal to socialize the healthcare system would cost.
El-Sayed asked Jesse Watters if he was circumcised during an interview on Fox News.
El-Sayed pushes to keep affordability message amid scrutiny from both sides
Hasan Piker said on a stream that El-Sayed is not moderating his position on Israel.
Mike Rogers called on El-Sayed to disavow Hasan Piker and called Piker El-Sayed's "running mate."
Abdul El-Sayed debated Fox News host Jesse Watters on taxing billionaires.
Abdul El-Sayed interviews and top headlines roundup
An expert said Putin is panicked as Ukraine's deep strikes push the war further into Russia.
A Democrat criticized Hasan Piker as a hack who thrives on hate over his warning to American Jews about Israel.
A 49ers owner was busted in a $140 prostitution sting near an Ohio trailer park.
Abdul El-Sayed grilled on past statements
Vice President JD Vance recently criticized El-Sayed's adherence to Sharia law.
El-Sayed said Muslims make up less than 1% of the American population.
El-Sayed referenced the Iran conflict when arguing the U.S. shouldn't fight wars it doesn't know how to get out of.
Second Lady Usha Vance fires back at Abdul El-Sayed
Abdul El-Sayed wrote that he wondered if JD is taking Usha with him back in time to meet Papaw.
JD Vance wrote in his 2016 memoir "Hillbilly Elegy" that one of his "great regrets" was that his grandparents never had the opportunity to meet his wife.
James Vance died in 1997 and Bonnie Vance died eight years later.
El-Sayed distances himself from Hasan Piker over remarks on Jewish Americans
Rogers claimed that Piker said that if American Jews support Israel, they will be violently targeted because of it.
Moss has said that people are sharing a fake audio clip of him claiming that his entire reason for running for Congress is to make sure America continues to support Israel.
Rogers unveiled his Democrats for Mike coalition at a campaign event on Detroit's west side.
Vance's decade-old regret resurfaces amid El-Sayed's jab at second lady
Meghan McCain called El-Sayed an "absolute vile, abhorrent, PIG."
El-Sayed is running against Republican Mike Rogers for Michigan's open U.S. Senate seat.
Abdul El-Sayed questioned whether JD Vance is taking Usha Vance back in time to meet his grandfather, Papaw.
Dem gubernatorial candidate's DEI and Green New Deal-style policies scrutinized
In April 2025, Crowley signed Milwaukee County's Climate Action 2050 plan.
Mark Bednar described Milwaukee County residents as receiving their largest property tax hike in 15 years under Crowley's leadership.
Crowley signed Milwaukee County's plan to bring county operations to net-zero emissions by 2050.