Abdul El-Sayed's Record Reveals Extremism That Disqualifies Him From the Senate
Source: https://www.facebook.com/americanspectator/. "10 Times Abdul El-Sayed Was Absolutely Wacked Out | The American Spectator | USA News and Politics." September 30, 2026. spectator.org
The Gist
This article argues that Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is a dangerous extremist based on ten quotes/positions he's taken over the years, including support for defunding police, refusing to condemn Iran's supreme leader, skepticism about Israel's legitimacy as a Jewish state, and support for abortion rights. The author uses this to argue that a newspaper's endorsement of El-Sayed (which called his opponent the 'real extremist') is foolish and wrong.
Conclusion
Abdul El-Sayed is an extremist far outside mainstream American politics who is unfit for the U.S. Senate, making the Detroit Free Press's endorsement of him (over opponent Mike Rogers) misguided and its characterization of Rogers as the 'real extremist' absurd.
Premises
- El-Sayed has called for defunding the police and later lied about his record on this position.
- El-Sayed has advocated for broad decarceration, treating releasing people from prison as a policy goal in itself.
- El-Sayed refused to condemn Iranian leader Ayatollah Khamenei even when directly confronted with stories of the regime's brutality.
- El-Sayed joined the 'Uncommitted' movement against Biden over Israel policy and has repeatedly called Israel's war against Hamas a 'genocide.'
- El-Sayed advocated authoritarian pandemic measures, including locking down communities and creating a National Guard-controlled parallel health system.
- El-Sayed pledged to have Michigan refuse all cooperation with federal immigration enforcement and treat illegal immigrants identically to citizens.
- El-Sayed has expressed skepticism about Israel's legitimacy as a Jewish state, questioning whether it is compatible with liberal values.
- El-Sayed associates with and refuses to disavow figures with extreme views, such as Linda Sarsour and Hasan Piker, and has connections to family/staff involved in radical anti-Israel activism.
- El-Sayed supports abortion access, which the author frames as an extreme pro-abortion position.
- El-Sayed has made personal, mocking remarks about Second Lady Usha Vance and her children.
Assumptions
- Positions like defunding the police, decarceration, single-payer healthcare, sanctuary policies, and skepticism of ethnostates are inherently 'extreme' rather than legitimate points on the political spectrum.
- Refusing to condemn a foreign leader on request, or expressing reluctance about U.S. military involvement abroad, constitutes support for or sympathy with that leader.
- A candidate's associates, family members, and campaign staff's actions/statements are relevant evidence of the candidate's own extremism, even when explicitly noted as 'not reflecting directly on him.'
- Support for abortion access is self-evidently an extreme or 'evil' position rather than a mainstream policy view held by many Americans.
- The Detroit Free Press's endorsement rationale (that Rogers is more extreme due to his pro-life stance) is incorrect and reveals bias, while the author's own characterizations are objective.
- Michigan voters would agree these positions are 'wacked out' rather than viewing some as reasonable progressive policy positions.