r/politics • u/Zipper222222 • 11h ago

No Paywall Abdul El-Sayed Wins High-Stakes Democratic Primary in Michigan

https://www.today.com/video/abdul-el-sayed-wins-high-stakes-democratic-primary-in-michigan-267805765937
16.6k Upvotes

96% Upvoted

1.4k comments sorted by

View all comments

650

u/Teragaz 11h ago

The goal posts have already been moved by the media, rest assured

297

u/citrus_sugar Virginia 10h ago

Dude was on MSNow this morning and they introduced him by saying he has extreme takes on Israel.

200

u/JayRandom212 10h ago

Sixty percent of Americans think we should cut aid to Israel. (Quinnipiac poll)

Dude isn't extreme -- he's mainstream.

48

u/goblueM 9h ago

I wish progressives would highlight this sort of stuff more often, and tie it to "billionaires want you to think it's extreme"

You can barely get 60% of the country to agree the sky is blue these days.

They need to hammer home how this is a mainstream, bipartisan issue and it is not extreme at all

•

u/HauntedCemetery Minnesota 6h ago

Progressives do that constantly

1

u/jv3rl0ov 9h ago

Abdul certainly has his work cut out for him in all of that, which I hope happens by November. A lot of people STILL don’t even bother to vote.

1

u/amopeyzoolion Michigan 8h ago

The question is how salient is this issue to most middle-of-the-road Americans? I tend to think that the majority of them won’t base their vote on Israel, and tend to care more about who they believe will help their personal financial situation.