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Supporters of Michigan Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed voiced support for guaranteed income at a Detroit rally featuring former President Barack Obama.

Campaigning for Democratic Senate candidate Abdul el Sayed on Saturday, former President Barack Obama falsely claimed that Iran is in a stronger strategic position now than it was before President Donald Trump launched the Iran war in February. But Obama correctly observed that the U.S. is in a weaker strategic position due to the war. […]

Washington Examiner economics columnist Tiana Lowe Doescher said that, unlike claims made about former President Barack Obama, Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul el Sayed needs to answer for controversial allegations. “It’s a little different because, unlike the birtherism thing, which had no evidence behind it, obviously, Abdul el Sayed, his mom was allegedly in the […]

THE PARTY OF INVASIONS, CRIMINALS & TRANNIES ISN’T RADICAL

Barack Obama appeared alongside Michigan Democrat Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed to praise his “big guns” in a last-ditch push to voters ahead of elections in one of the most contentious midterm races in recent years. The former president, joined by El-Sayed and gubernatorial candidate Jocelyn Benson at Cass Technical High School for a get-out-the-vote rally, ...

In the Michigan senate race, muddleheaded party leaders cannot see past the next election, writes Peter Savodnik. Will the voters? On Saturday, Barack Obama turned up at a high school gymnasium in Detroit to tell Michiganders to vote for Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed. That was, as far as the nation’s 44th president could make out, common sense. If you believe in healthcare for all, good jobs, and hope and change—all the things Democrats supposedly believe in—well, El-Sayed was your only choice. Referring to “those at the top” opposing the would-be senator (a strange way of putting things for a former president with a 29-acre waterfront estate on Martha’s Vineyard), Obama said: “They will use division, and they may even use your name or your faith to somehow suggest that you are dangerous and less than trustworthy and less patriotic and less American than they are.”

Kyle Kuzma fired back at Barack Obama's rally pitch for Abdul El-Sayed, saying Michiganders care about poverty and cost of living, not religion.

Former President Barack Obama rallied for Michigan’s Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed in Detroit on Saturday as the bitterly fought contest could come down to the city’s substantial Black vote.

Former President Barack Obama pinned inflation and high prices on President Donald Trump and urged Democrats to get to the polls, especially for Senate hopeful Abdul El-Sayed, in a final push as early voting started in the state Saturday.

DETROIT — Former President Barack Obama returned to the campaign trail Saturday evening with a message as much about the kind of Democrat Abdul el Sayed represents as about the Republican he is trying to defeat. Obama, campaigning for el Sayed in Detroit just 10 days before Election Day, acknowledged the Democratic Michigan Senate candidate […]

Former President Barack Obama ripped and ridiculed President Trump at a Detroit rally Saturday night where he vouched for Abdul El-Sayed and drew comparisons between the lefty Democratic Senate candidate and his own 2008 run for the White House.

Former president speaks to crowd of thousands in support of Abdul El-Sayed for US Senate and Democratic ticket Barack Obama told a Detroit crowd on Saturday that Abdul El-Sayed was “fighting for change, real change, that will get money out of politics and put money in your pocket”, as he threw his weight behind the Democratic Senate candidate and the rest of the ticket on the first day of early voting in Michigan. Obama said in front of thousands of onlookers at Cass technical high school in Detroit that El-Sayed would “finish the job we started with the Affordable Care Act and guarantee quality, affordable healthcare to every single American”. Continue reading...

The former Democratic president is showing major support in Detroit for the progressive Michigan candidate in final days before US midterm elections Sign up for Breaking News US email My colleague Joseph Gedeon is attending the rally for Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan today, where he says thousands are in attendance. Joseph will bring us the latest lines directly from the rally. As a candidate positioned at the center of what researchers say are the worst Islamophobic attacks seen since the aftermath of 9/11, many would expect Abdul El-Sayed to simply defend himself and move on. Continue reading...

Former President Barack Obama is campaigning with Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul el Sayed in Detroit at 5 p.m. Saturday as statewide early voting begins. El Sayed has struggled to win over black voters in his race against his opponent Mike Rogers (R-MI). The Senate hopeful is looking to Obama in shoring up support for […]

Abdul El-Sayed rallies with Barack Obama in Michigan, but undecided Black voters in Detroit say the endorsement hasn't swayed their decision.

Former President Barack Obama’s Saturday appearance with Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul el Sayed will be hailed as a moment of party unity, but it will also represent a changing of the guard. The rise of socialism within the Democratic Party, to which el Sayed is at least adjacent, is a repudiation of Obama’s legacy […]