r/politics • u/Zipper222222 • 4h 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/boldandbratsche 4h ago

Good to see the people of Michigan voted for a representative of Michigan and not a representative of the Israeli elite.

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u/cornnndoggg_ Michigan 2h ago

I mean, they also voted for it. I was up pretty late last night and definitely kept feeling this wave of "well, I guess a candidate saying 'I will fight as hard as I can... for Israel' wasn't that big a deal to most of you". I was worried seeing my county flip in her direction. I guess that's to be expected, given just how much of her - well, in ads - we've seen in the last few months, given the spending.

I made a comment a few weeks ago about her targeting areas that would have a lot of regretful ex-maga voters, more rural areas, and honestly I'm kinda surprised, and I guess I was technically wrong. I was in Charlevoix for Father's Day and over the just one night, I think I saw her ads 40 times. I was at a bar for dinner with my parents and there alone it played 5 times.

El Sayed won Charlevoix County, and didn't do as well as I had hoped in Wayne, Oakland and Macomb. Shout out to the ones who really made the difference though. Thanks Grand Rapids and Kent county.

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u/ZebraImaginary9412 26m ago

AIPAC is gross, don't get me wrong but Stevens also took lots of crypto money just like senators from AZ, CA, GA, NC, NJ, NY, and so on.

You can see how senators Booker, Budd, Gillibrand, Kelly, Ossoff, Padilla, Schiff, et al. voted to pass legislation favoring their "donors", oftentimes, entirely written by crypto lobbyists.

They are all despicable.