This Very Ugly Exchange Between El-Sayed and Stevens in MI Senate Race Is Likely to Help the GOP

They're having quite a battle for the Democratic nomination in the Senate race in Michigan.

The far-leftists are all in for former Wayne County health department director Abdul El-Sayed, while the more establishment Democrats are backing Rep. Haley Stevens (MI-11). Neither of them is good, as their recent debate showed.

As we reported, El-Sayed has the lead in the polls. However, the polls also indicate that the Republican candidate, former Rep. Mike Rogers, would do better against him.

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However, El-Sayed has been acting like he has the nomination in a walk. And he went after AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Committee), daring them to "come for me."

Abdul El-Sayed to AIPAC: "Come for me!"

"You picked [Haley Stevens] the least capable candidate in America. If you think you can beat money out of politics, money in your pocket, medicare for all, come. I'll tell you what people dont want: money in a foreign govt" @AbdulElSayed pic.twitter.com/u4wmwNsiqp
— AMANI (@AmaniUniverse) July 30, 2026

He claimed AIPAC had picked the "least capable candidate in America."

"If you think you can beat money out of politics, money in your pocket, Medicare for all, come. I'll tell you what people don't want: money in a foreign government"

Obviously, AIPAC didn't "pick" her, even if they support her. But he's jabbing at her to appeal to the leftist, anti-Israel base.

But Stevens wasn't letting that go, and she leveled him.

Abdul, we were both on the ballot in 2018. I was capable of winning my competitive primary and general election. You lost.

You lost by over twenty points to Gretchen Whitmer and you will lose to Mike Rogers by talking like this.

Everyone in America understands you want to blame… https://t.co/ODHf08x8GI
— Haley Stevens (@HaleyforMI) July 31, 2026

Abdul, we were both on the ballot in 2018. I was capable of winning my competitive primary and general election. You lost.
You lost by over twenty points to Gretchen Whitmer, and you will lose to Mike Rogers by talking like this.
Everyone in America understands you want to blame all of your problems on Jewish Americans.
But buddy, let me be very clear, I will lower the costs of groceries, ban stock trading for elected officials, stop Trump's abuses of power, and protect Michigan manufacturing.
And you’ll just be a celebrity whining and writing books to get even richer. You’re part of the complainer class, looking for their next book or podcast deal.
Bro, I just want to work for Michigan.

Then all El-Sayed's terminally online radical leftist buddies somehow tried to twist her criticism of his comments as "antisemitism," when he was the one attacking AIPAC — an organization made up largely of American Jews — for "picking" the "least capable candidate."

This was insane spin:

AIPAC isn't a Jewish organization, Haley. It's a pro-Israel organization. You, a non-Jewish person, are stoking dangerous antisemitism by conflating the two. https://t.co/maap9Br6kp
— AIPAC Tracker (@TrackAIPAC) July 31, 2026

I'm thinking whoever wins, there's going to be a lot of acrimony as a result of the nastiness. That's likely to only help Mike Rogers.

Only 57% of Stevens Voters say they will support El-Sayed if he wins the democratic nomination (SoCal) pic.twitter.com/YXWcicBEzB
— Political Polls (@PpollingNumbers) July 31, 2026

Editor’s Note: The 2026 Midterms will determine the fate of President Trump’s America First agenda. Republicans must maintain control of both chambers of Congress.

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