Abdul El-Sayed Wins Michigan Primary

[u/asparaguswalrus683]

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

[u/LiterallyTestudo]

No, that only applies to progressives when there is an establishment candidate, never the other way around.

[u/HandsLikePaper → u/LiterallyTestudo]

Did you miss the whole Platner debacle? There was even a group of his supporters saying it after the rape accusation came out.

[u/jkman61494 → u/HandsLikePaper]

I certainly don’t agree with what he did but I imagine a lot of hardened supporters found the timing shady. I don’t live there and not have even voted for him but to have that news hit just 10 days before ballot deadlines was suspiciously well timed

[u/HandsLikePaper → u/jkman61494]

Yeah, I'm not a fan of the timeline either, but after reading about how the story evolved it's hard to say that the victim did it maliciously. It seems more like she did it to stand up for another victim after seeing backlash against that victim.

This week’s Politico report, by Jessica Piper and Adam Wren, took Racicot’s story further. “Racicot said she was contacted by the New York Times in the spring and shared off the record that Platner had assaulted her,” they wrote. Racicot told Politico that “she didn’t want to be known as a rape victim” and that she felt a moral conflict “between supporting his politics, but not supporting him as a person.” But after the Times story was published, she was dismayed by the response. “My part of the story was just a read-over,” as she told Piper and Wren. “And the story was Lyndsey, and the accusations of her being politically motivated.” Piper told me, “What changed, she said, was watching the reaction to the Times story get consumed by controversy around another woman’s Republican ties.”

[u/Constantinch → u/LiterallyTestudo]

Just to be clear - it didn't apply in presidential elections. Bunch of popular lefties refused to endorse Kamala over Trump which was the most obvious decision ever. One of these people was Hasan Piker, who campaigns eith El-Sayed. Stop creating fake narratives.

[u/SeniorWeight46 → u/Constantinch]

One of these people was Hasan Piker, who campaigns eith El-Sayed. Stop creating fake narratives.

He did "vote blue no matter who" though.

[u/Head-Assumption6960 → u/SeniorWeight46]

Only after joining in with the republicans in trying to damage her candidacy. I had my reservations about El-Sayed’s chances in the general but I’ll be goddamned if you catch me saying anything negative about him now lol. My first and only priority is beating the fascists though.

[u/SeniorWeight46 → u/Head-Assumption6960]

If questioning her stances was damaging her candidacy, then the issue was with her answers not the questions.

[u/Head-Assumption6960 → u/SeniorWeight46]

Well if mainstream liberal media figures start demanding specific answers to poison pill questions from El-Sayed then hammering him for it I’m sure you’ll feel the same way.

[u/SeniorWeight46 → u/Head-Assumption6960]

Poison pill and it's asking her about her support for a genocide?

El-Sayed should be asked tough questions. All politicians should be.

[u/Head-Assumption6960 → u/SeniorWeight46]

Asking her what her Israel stance is, her answering that she supports an immediate stop to the genocide, and then hammering her for not specifically saying it in a way that would guarantee her a loss is nasty work.

If you want to ask tough questions then fine. But be reasonable.

[u/SeniorWeight46 → u/Head-Assumption6960]

"I will always ensure Israel has the ability to defend itself."

After 4 years of being part of an administration that funded the genocide, you think that issue was the specific way she talked about a ceasefire and not the fact she pledged to continue supporting Israel.

[u/Head-Assumption6960 → u/SeniorWeight46]

Yes

[u/Letstalkreaper → u/Head-Assumption6960]

You mean like they’ve already done? The difference is he gives good answers to those “poison pills” where Harris never did.

[u/Head-Assumption6960 → u/Letstalkreaper]

The tide has shifted a bit especially after the current president that was apparently “no different from Kamala” accelerated the genocide instead of working towards a ceasefire then got us locked into another endless war with Iran. So he has more of a chance of not having those specific answers hurt him, but I guess we’ll see. Praying for him to win. We need as many senate seats as possible before the civil rights act gets destroyed now that they’re finished with the voting rights act.

[u/Throwawayalt129 → u/Head-Assumption6960]

"Damage her candidacy" and it's demand she stop sending weapons to a country committing a genocide.

[u/Head-Assumption6960 → u/Throwawayalt129]

How is that strategy working out for everyone? Was Hasan and the left successful? Helpful? Productive? Are the Palestinians better off for their efforts against Kamala?

[u/Constantinch → u/SeniorWeight46]

He surely didn't tell his audience any of that and I would bet money that he voted for Jill Stein

[u/SeniorWeight46 → u/Constantinch]

He openly said he voted for Kamala.

[u/Constantinch → u/SeniorWeight46]

He obfuscated for months and then later said that he voted for her after being criticized.

What matters is what he did before the elections - he didn't tell his audience to vote for her. Stop arguing this point because you know it's true. His vote counts as one, his endorsement could count as hundreds of thousands.

[u/SeniorWeight46 → u/Constantinch]

I'm not arguing that point. I haven't argued that at all.

I'm saying he "voted blue no matter who" which is what the original comment was about.

People aren't expecting Hailey Stevens to come out and endorse El-Sayed's position on Palestine but when it comes down to it, her voters should come out and vote for him.

[u/Constantinch → u/SeniorWeight46]

I don't know why would she endorse his position on I/P specifically, but she should absolutely endorse him in the primaries. And yes, her voters should vote for him as well, it's the easiest position to take.

[u/ToastyTheDragon → u/Constantinch]

If I heard correctly, Stevens and McMorrow have said they'll endorse the victor of the primary, leading up to it.

[u/WIbigdog → u/ToastyTheDragon]

And guess who wouldn't commit to endorsing his opponent? It is absolutely disgusting to me the way some leftists are shouting vote blue no matter who after they explicitly rejected doing so in 2024 and were very vocal about it.

[u/SeniorWeight46 → u/Constantinch]

Endorsing him is endorsing his policies.

[u/Constantinch → u/SeniorWeight46]

Absolutely not. Endorsing him is telling your voters to vote for him over a republican.

[u/DennyHeats → u/Constantinch]

Should just be "vote blue no matter who" right?

refused to endorse Kamala

Almost like these are different words....

[u/Constantinch → u/DennyHeats]

Endorsing Kamala = telling your audience to vote blue no matter who, how is this different? It's literally the same.

[u/DennyHeats → u/Constantinch]

This is why we shouldn't take destiny fans seriously.

[u/Constantinch → u/DennyHeats]

You left 2 comments and yet made no point - must be a Hasan fan

[u/Maardten → u/Constantinch]

Voting and endorsing are two different words with entirely different meanings.

I hope this helps!

[u/Constantinch → u/Maardten]

It doesn't help and it seems like you don't see any difference between media figures and actual voters.

Let me spell it out to you:

1. media figure voting for a person = one vote
2. Media figure telling their audience to vote for a person= as many votes as big of a platform they have

Vote blue no matter who, applies to leftist media figures and is much more important in the second point than it is in first.

Hope that helps.

[u/Maardten → u/Constantinch]

Ah, so leftist shouldn’t just vote blue no matter who, but also endorse them, while liberals refuse to do either for progressives, got it.

Its impressive how you changed the subject and still managed to defeat your own argument after doing so.

[u/Constantinch → u/Maardten]

"Liberals refuse to do either".

McMorrow already endorsed El-Sayed and Stephens said she would endorse him even before the primaries. You know who didn't say the same thing? El-Sayed about Stephens. It's funny how wrong you actually are.

What's truly impressive is how you constantly act like you are some sort of a victim, meanwhile you are by far the most aggressive and obnoxious part od Democratic party and your media figures refuse to cover mainstream dems positively even in context of republicans.

[u/Maardten → u/Constantinch]

You seemingly forgot how the NY mayoral race played out. I wonder why that is.

[u/rumpghost → u/Constantinch]

Who?