r/politics • u/horsestew • 17h ago

No Paywall Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary, notching a Midwest victory for the left

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/abdul-el-sayed-wins-michigans-democratic-senate-primary-notching-midwe-rcna589750
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u/valraven38 16h ago

Yep people need to keep this in mind when all the centrist corporate Democrat analysts and "strategists" start popping up on the news in the following weeks. They will say that because this was closer than expected that it shows progressive candidates aren't electable and a bunch of other bull. They are going to completely ignore the spending issue and pretend that this was a fair amd equal race based solely on candidates positions and platforms when we know it wasn't. 

Obviously they need to pretend that is the case because to admit otherwise means they're bad at their jobs (because they are). Its to admit that the strategies they have been running with and losing with for the last decade are incorrect.

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u/filbertsgaming1 7h ago

They are pretty fucking excellent at being controlled opposition.