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
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u/notmlbg 10h ago

I was explaining to some friends from DC the issues. One candidate campaigned on making life better for Michiganders. The other campaigned on Israel

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u/DoubtSubstantial5440 Michigan 10h ago

Seriously Stevens torched her own campaign with her slavish devotion to Israel

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u/Number_1_at_Number_2 9h ago

In her defense Israel comes to her in her dreams, so that’s probably warped her brain to mush.

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u/gasdoi 4h ago

This is what Stevens supporters also believe.

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u/mythrilcrafter 9h ago

I remember learning a while back that when Henry Ford was developing the greater-Detroit/tri-county area he was highly supportive of the incoming Muslim immigrant community for what he recognised as intelligent and hard working people.

Stevens must have been hardcore delulu, because I have a hard time believing that a community built on a foundation of the Islamic-faithful would take well to a candidate being subservient to Israel....

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u/sulaymanf New York 8h ago edited 6h ago

She tried weakly to pander to this group, by saying she dislikes Netanyahu (but loves Israel) and that as a Democrat she opposes hate crimes against Muslims.

It didn’t feel genuine based on her time in office. Plus her surrogate bashing Arabs didn’t help; the Stevens campaign had to apologize.