The Week: Michigan’s Socialist Uprising

• To be fair, Fauci held Congress in contempt first.

• Abdul El-Sayed narrowly won Michigan’s Senate Democratic primary. He defeated Congresswoman Haley Stevens, the favored candidate of the Democratic establishment. Stevens, though thoroughly progressive, is a moderate compared with El-Sayed, whose win is an enormous victory for the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). Although El-Sayed claims that he is not a member of the DSA, he has embraced the group’s radical politics. He supports “Medicare for All” and packing the Supreme Court, and he wishes to abolish the Senate filibuster, the Electoral College, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. He is also obsessively anti-Israel, opposing even the sale of defensive arms to the country. El-Sayed now stands more than a reasonable chance of becoming the most anti-American senator ever elected. Republicans have not won a Senate race in Michigan since 1994, and President Donald Trump is unpopular in the state. The rise of El-Sayed is an ominous sign, and his victory in November would be a terrible development not just for Michiganders.

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• To be fair, Fauci held Congress in contempt first.

• Abdul El-Sayed narrowly won Michigan’s Senate Democratic primary. He defeated Congresswoman Haley Stevens, the favored candidate of the Democratic establishment. Stevens, though thoroughly progressive, is a moderate compared with El-Sayed, whose win is an enormous victory for the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). Although El-Sayed claims that he is not a member of the DSA, he has embraced the group’s radical politics. He supports “Medicare for All” and packing the Supreme Court, and he wishes to abolish the Senate filibuster, the Electoral College, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. He is also obsessively anti-Israel, opposing even the sale of defensive arms to the country. El-Sayed now stands more than a reasonable chance of becoming the most anti-American senator ever elected. Republicans have not won a Senate race in Michigan since 1994, and President Donald Trump is unpopular in the state. The rise of El-Sayed is an ominous sign, and his victory in November would be a terrible development not just for Michiganders.