Will Democrat Abdul El-Sayed’s Radical ‘Decarceration’ Views Cost Him the Michigan Senate Race?

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Then–Democratic candidate for Governor Abdul El-Sayed addresses his supporters in Detroit, Mich., August 7, 2018.

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Michigan’s three-way, 2026 Democratic Senate primary is starting to get messy. And as Democrats compete for the nomination in what’s expected to be one of the most competitive Senate races of this midterm cycle, one candidate is in the hot seat for his history of left-wing rhetoric surrounding crime issues: epidemiologist and progressive public health activist Abdul El-Sayed.

The former Detroit health director and unsuccessful 2018 gubernatorial candidate has come under fire this month for since-deleted social media posts uncovered by CNN that show him throwing support for defund the police efforts during the unrest of summer 2020.

Audrey Fahlberg

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Audrey Fahlberg was a politics reporter for National Review.

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