Dem Establishment Intensifies Attacks on El-Sayed as New Poll Shows Him Leading by Double Digits | Common Dreams

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Attendees hold signs as they take their seats during a campaign event for Democratic US Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed at the Loving Touch on July 25, 2026, in Ferndale, Michigan.

A Michigan congresswoman called El-Sayed "anti-American" in an interview Thursday in what one progressive lawmaker said was a "racist" attack.

With a number of recent polls finding former public health official Abdul El-Sayed with a strong lead against Rep. Haley Stevens in the Michigan US Senate race, establishment Democrats are resorting this week to attacks that some critics said amounted to racism.