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Obama Gives Michigan Democrats A Show Of Unity
Two months after the Michigan Democrats’ state nominating convention left questions about party unity when the top-ticket candidates did not all share a stage, the nominees for governor, U.S. Senate, attorney general and Secretary of State stood hand-in-hand with former President Barack Obama Saturday as the campaign entered its final 10 days.
Oct 264 min read


Trump Brings Out Father Of Flight 93 Victim, Calls El-Sayed A Jihadist
President Donald Trump brought the father of one of the passengers of United Airlines Flight 93, a flight hijacked during the 9/11 terrorism attacks, on stage with him today to criticize Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed.
Oct 265 min read


Vance In Monroe Calls El-Sayed 'Little Weasel,' Pitches To Black Voters, Moderate Dems
Vice President JD Vance called Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed “a little weasel” today while urging voters in Republican-leaning Monroe County to send Mike Rogers to Washington.
Oct 164 min read


RNC Chair Says El-Sayed Would Have Cheered 9/11 Terrorists
Republican National Committee Chair Joe Gruters said on this week's edition of the MIRS Monday podcast that Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed would have cheered the terrorists during the Sept. 11 attacks along with controversial internet personality Hasan Piker.
Oct 143 min read


Rogers Pushes Terror Links In Combative First Debate With El-Sayed
Republican Mike Rogers repeatedly tried to draw a line tonight between Democrat Abdul El-Sayed and the Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, Hezbollah and Al-Qaeda, escalating the attack until El-Sayed, as Rogers began talking about someone in his family, cut him off.
Oct 95 min read


El-Sayed, Rogers To Share Debate Stage For First Time Thursday
Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed and Republican Mike Rogers will share the same stage for the first time at Thursday's debate, less than four weeks before voters decide who will replace retiring U.S. Sen. Gary Peters (D-Oakland County).
Oct 62 min read


‘Buff Mike’ Comic Strip Given To City Pulse Instead Of Op-Ed
If a picture is worth 1,000 words, as the cliché goes, what does U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers’ AI-generated comic-like strip showing him as “Buff Mike” say?
Oct 11 min read


Rogers, El-Sayed Both Back Gas Tax Pause, Split On Cause Of Price Spike
Michigan’s two major U.S. Senate candidates agree state and federal gasoline taxes should be temporarily suspended with gasoline now $5 a gallon in spots, but they disagree sharply over what is driving prices higher and what else should be done.
Sep 182 min read


El-Sayed Tells Packed MSU Union: It’s Students Vs. Billionaires
A day after Republican U.S. Senate nominee Mike Rogers used a national convention speech to portray Abdul El-Sayed as sympathetic to extremists, El-Sayed went before a packed Michigan State University ballroom and tried to move the race back to young voters, health care, housing and the cost of living.
Sep 143 min read


Rogers Hammers El-Sayed On Terrorism; Convention-Goer Later Yells ‘He Should Be Shot’
Republican U.S. Senate nominee Mike Rogers used his national convention speech today to portray Democratic opponent Abdul El-Sayed as sympathetic to extremists and hostile to American values, hours before a voice in the convention crowd could be heard yelling “He should be shot” after U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz mentioned El-Sayed by name.
Sep 113 min read


Islamophobic, Antisemitic Rhetoric Run Side-By-Side With U.S. Senate Race
Signs of antisemitism and anti-Muslim rhetoric have sprouted up throughout Michigan's U.S. Senate campaign, but political observers caution against assuming Jewish and Muslim voters will neatly line up behind Republican Mike Rogers and Democrat Abdul El-Sayed.
Sep 95 min read


AARP Survey Shows El-Sayed Slipping With Seniors
Abdul El-Sayed has an old problem.
Aug 212 min read


Abdul Detroit Event Interrupted By Man Shouting 'He's An Arab, He Don't Care'
A disruptor briefly attempted to interfere with an event where Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed was trying to engage with voters Downtown, shouting, "He's an Arab, he don't care about Black folks."
Aug 205 min read


Pundit Monday: A Look At Lt. Governor Names, Potential Spoilers, Attacks On El-Sayed
The first MIRS Pundit Monday after the primary election has four Michigan pundits answering the questions front of mind now about who makes the most sense as picks for gubernatorial running mates, among other questions.
Aug 116 min read


Stevens, El-Sayed Ask Each Other In Final Debate: Who's Controlling You?
In Democrats' final U.S. Senate debate before the Aug. 4 primary, U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Birmingham) and Abdul El-Sayed accused each other of answering to outside forces. Stevens tried linking celebrity ambitions and progressive influencers to El-Sayed. He tagged her with benefiting from large corporations and American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) dollars.
Jul 284 min read


El-Sayed Outraises In Senate Race, Nearly Doubles Stevens, McMorrow Combined; Other Campaign Finance Surprises
Abdul El-Sayed raised nearly $4.6 million in the second quarter of the year, which sneaks up on the combined $4.8 million raised between U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Birmingham) and now-suspended candidate State Sen. Mallory McMorrow (D-Royal Oak), and the nearly $4 million between the three Mike Rogers accounts.
Jul 165 min read


El-Sayed, Stevens Avoid Democratic In-Fighting Questions, As They Shred Each Other
U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Birmingham) and Abdul El-Sayed debated at the WOOD TV 8 studio where it turned into a verbal brawl, but both U.S. Senate candidates refused to address the schism in the party.
Jul 75 min read


Poll: Duggan Pulls From Republicans; Rogers Beats El-Sayed, Ties McMorrow, Stevens
A Glengariff Group poll released Tuesday found that Democrat Jocelyn Benson is consolidating her base, causing independent gubernatorial candidate Mike Duggan to pull more from the Republicans.
May 132 min read


Why All Four U.S. Senate Candidates Can Declare Victory After Finance Deadline
Why All Four U.S. Senate Candidates Can Declare Victory After Finance Deadline
Oct 21, 20254 min read
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