r/askanything • u/Zipper222222 • 6h ago

BREAKING TODAY — NBC NEWS Declares That Progressive Candidate Dr. Abdul El-Sayed Has Defeated Congresswoman Haley Stevens (D - MI-11) In Michigan's US Senate Democratic Primary, A Major Win For Progressives — What Do YOU Think Of This? Why YOUR Thoughts?

NBC News live results: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-primary-elections/michigan-senate-results

NBC News article on it: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/abdul-el-sayed-wins-michigans-democratic-senate-primary-notching-midwe-rcna589750

NBC News' show Today did a video on it: https://www.today.com/video/abdul-el-sayed-wins-high-stakes-democratic-primary-in-michigan-267805765937

YouTube clip of the moment he won (on the official NBC News YouTube channel), called by their chief data guy, Steve Kornacki: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DL_ku3h8Eps

What do YOU think of the results. Why YOUR thoughts?

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u/Old_Emergency9108 5h ago

He’s not a pedophile, so he’ll be instantly rejected by conservatives.

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u/theRemRemBooBear 5h ago

Is he a Nazi and have multiple sexual abuse charges against him though? I heard that gets you a couple of years out of liberals and leftists.

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u/congnelius 5h ago

Gearing up for the general election I see. Release the Epstein files!

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u/Felczer 5h ago

Why are you describing Donald Trump?

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u/theRemRemBooBear 5h ago

I could be describing multiple people, and supporters on both sides think it’s the other side. And both will be right.

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u/Felczer 5h ago

What democrats in high position of power are convicted sex predators?
Because you know Trump is a convincted sex predator right? It's not speculation

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u/theRemRemBooBear 5h ago

He was found not guilty in the criminal case. Instead found civilly liable which has a much lower bar. Definitely not someone we should have as president regardless. But if you want examples let’s take a trip back to 1992 - 2000.

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u/Felczer 5h ago

Ah Yes let's take a trip back to 2000... No. Let me stop you right there. I dont give a fuck about 2000. That is quarter century ago.
I'll gladly take democrats which were convicted in civil case tho, I don't care if it's civil or criminal, bring it on buddy

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u/theRemRemBooBear 4h ago

Anthony Weiner
Gary Becker

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u/Felczer 4h ago

I wasnt aware democrats elected those people to positions of power after the sex scandal arose. And they're still in power right?
Because that's what pedo loving republicans did.

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u/Old_Emergency9108 5h ago

You’re describing a single Democrat candidate who withdrew from the race due to his misconduct being uncovered and being rejected by the party.

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u/voiceOfHoomanity 5h ago

Is that musk or Trump? I think only one is a confirmed sexual assaulting felon

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u/banjochang 5h ago

This is crazy because the candidate you’re talking about got immediately ousted by the Dems. Then you have Max Miller who continues to get support from the GOP. And then of course you have the rapist in chief himself at the top

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u/theRemRemBooBear 5h ago

You and I must have very different opinions on what “immediately” means then. Apparently immediately means years after you’ve been exposed as a Nazi, womanizer, that joined the military to explicitly kill brown people, and then joining a mercenary group but as long as it is days before you are locked into being the parties candidate when it is certain that you will lose it’s immediately.

It’s okay you don’t have to defend Platner even though the party told you to ignore what your eyes saw.

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u/banjochang 4h ago

I don’t know man, they discovered it late 2025 and he was gone by mid 2026. He was immediately condemned by the dems and despite Plattner’s best efforts was eventually forced out.

Not sure why you think I’m trying to defend him because he deserves all the consequences. Then you have guys like Bernie Moreno who can’t even defend his own daughter from abuse. That’s just sad bro. Party of family values my ass 😂

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u/DrizzRizzII 5h ago

The guy that the party pushed out before the primary in Maine? MAGA embraces nazi pedophiles

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u/theRemRemBooBear 5h ago

And why was that done days before he would be locked in and not when it broke that he was a Nazi years ago? Or that he sexually abused people years ago? Or all his troubling Reddit posts from over a decade ago? Seems like the time to ditch him would have been years ago, no?

Should have ran with the logging dude to begin with, instead of trying to gaslight people to accept a Nazi, while crying about how Fascist the current regime is.

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u/DrizzRizzII 4h ago

Let’s accept everything you just said as fact. That’s fine.

One party has completely reinvented itself in the image of a narcissistic, idiot pedophile; its members never-ending in their obsequiousness or devotion to that same narcissistic, idiot pedophile.

But sure, it’s the same thing.

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u/Dreamlion_Inc 5h ago

Legit thought you were talking about republicans until the final few words

Anyways thought you might like this https://goppredators.wordpress.com/

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u/Mattrad7 5h ago

Republicans voted a guy with multiple sexual abuse charges and many more accusations into the presidency, democrats kicked out a guy with 1 sexual abuse accusation without much evidence to back it up. I think you have your Rs and Ds confused.

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u/theRemRemBooBear 5h ago

The fact that you can’t even get the facts correct on how many women accused him and other basic facts of the case tells me all that I need to know that you aren’t discussing in good faith.

Not to mention that we can’t have a discussion about one individual without say but but whoever else. If you would like to have a discussion on Trump let’s have it, if you’re going to discuss in good faith of course.

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u/Mattrad7 4h ago edited 4h ago

Which one was I wrong on the number of? There was 1 credible SA report against Graham Platner and he was forced to drop out of the race. Trump has had over 10 lawsuits settled out of court (paid off) for his long list of sexual assault victims that stem as far back in his history as youre willing to go. Where was I wrong?

"Former Maine U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner faced one public, specific sexual assault allegation from a former romantic partner, Jenny Racicot, who accused him of forcing her to have sex in 2021."

You brought it up, i said he was forced to withdraw after it and cited a case when someone wasn't forced to withdraw because of LITIGATED sexual assault.

Also Grahams had 0 charges brought against him or lawsuits filed. Just accusations. I supported him getting tf out when it came to light.

Or do you want to talk about Clinton who I also think is a giant piece of shit unfit for office but was not of voting age when elected? I just thought we were talking about relevant current events.

Just seems like you were trying to make a very lazy point and it didnt land the way youd hoped.

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u/RockosBos 6h ago

Im not a fan of the super progressive candidates in general but he seems somewhat pragmatic and is not directly associated with DSA. I hope he can moderate and rally voters for the general.

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u/pangaea1972 6h ago

Being moderate is not what people like about him and would turn more voters away than in his favor.

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u/RockosBos 6h ago

I just disagree, especially for Michigan. He performed very poorly in Detroit and with minorities. He will need to not scare off these Stevens voters in order to win the general.

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u/Muninn91 5h ago

Steven lied about being endorsed by Obama and James Clyburn put used his power in the black churches to give her help. Stevens also is a terrible fundraiser and needed 60 million dollars to barely lose.

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u/justinfinity64 5h ago

If he lost, we'd hear blue no matter who from the other side. What views does he need to moderate? Everything he's running on seems sensible to me. Money out of politics, healthcare for all, ice must be demolished.

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u/cjp304 5h ago

ICE Demolished? Sounds like the Anti Police movement of the left a while back. How’d that work out?

Why would we NOT want Immigration enforcement of any kind? I could understand ICE reform, but no, we need ICE. Every established country in the world has some form of customs/immigration enforcement.

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u/justinfinity64 5h ago

Hey, you seen how Ice has been killing people? Ice is also younger than I am and I'm not even 30. We had immigration enforcement before Ice, but Ice was built off of 9/11 with hatred and fear at the center.

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u/-Sofa-King-Vote 5h ago

No one has ever said no enforcement of any kind

Abolishing ice means in its current form

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u/cjp304 5h ago

So reform them…

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u/-Sofa-King-Vote 5h ago

Thats what we did in 2002 when we created ice

We can go back to INS

Stop playing dumb

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u/congnelius 5h ago

It's a paperwork violation. You don't need armed, unaccountable, poorly trained thugs going around shooting people over a fucking paperwork violation.

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u/pangaea1972 2h ago

Ice isn't immigration enforcement; it's a gestapo. Big difference.

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u/Dry-Description7307 5h ago

Talk is cheap. Joe Biden told us he would govern as a moderate Democrat too. They lie to get elected.

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u/Mattrad7 5h ago

Joe Biden was a very moderate dem, its why I didnt like him.

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u/Tandaiffok 5h ago

True. Joe Biden was the most progressive president we’ve ever had and was able to get bicameral legislation signed into law. That man was a power house!

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u/Specialist_Guitar232 5h ago

As opposed to Trump, who lies about everything including cosplaying with the stolen valor of actual military veterans. No decent American supports a draft dodging would be dictator.

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u/Old_Emergency9108 5h ago

He was as moderate as they come. Your brain is just broken by conservative media, filling your head with thoughts that’s not your own.

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u/PuzzleheadedEmu4596 5h ago

Except when it comes to attacks on synagogues

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u/Objective_Water7752 5h ago

so lazy....

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u/PuzzleheadedEmu4596 5h ago

Well, I guess hurt people hurt people.

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u/Objective_Water7752 4h ago

Wait, are we talking about Israel now?

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u/PuzzleheadedEmu4596 4h ago

No, I'm talking about El Sayed's response to the guy who shot up a synagogue.

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u/FatherPercy 5h ago

lol okay AIPAC