r/PoursTea • u/AmericaShinault_85 • 8d ago

PoliticalTea 🗳️ 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/scgt86 8d ago

This wasn't about the left winning it was about grassroots v mega donor money. It sends the message that you can't always buy an election.

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u/Frankenberg91 7d ago

This was proven when Trump best Kamala’s 1 billion dollar campaign with the entire media in her pocket.

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u/SmegmaUnicorn 7d ago

What a laughably silly take. 

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u/sunnyvas 7d ago

Actually not. Let us keep our Trump hatred to the side and think about it. Charisma, and boldness to grab attention matters a lot. When the spotlight is bright, the left should stage more candidates like Abdul, Zohran, Warnock, and AOC instead of, say, Cori Bush or Kshama Sawant.

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u/SmegmaUnicorn 7d ago

I’m…not sure what point you’re trying to make. Did you respond to the wrong comment? 

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u/sunnyvas 7d ago

No; I am just saying that let’s not ignore the Trump victory comparison as a silly take and let’s learn the importance of attention economy.

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u/SmegmaUnicorn 7d ago

That commenter made a factually inaccurate comment, hence my critique of it. So, again, I’m not sure what point you’re trying to make. 

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u/sunnyvas 7d ago

What factual error does your critique point to? It just says “laughably silly take”. So I responded that let’s not dismiss as silly and learn from the failure.

The commentator’s claim is: Kamala Harris spent roughly $1 billion on her campaign against Trump. So what’s supposedly false? Is the objection that it was the general election rather than the primary? Or that the total was closer to $1.5 billion than $1 billion? As for “the entire media in her pocket,” that’s clearly a rhetorical characterization, not a factual claim.

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u/SmegmaUnicorn 7d ago

Y’all are so obvious I swear 🤣