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Socialist candidates can delete old posts, but they can't erase their radicalism

Michigan Senate candidate Abdul el-Sayed struggles navigating hard-left views in a center-right country

By Colin Reed Fox News

Published August 19, 2026 5:00am EDT

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Democrats urge El-Sayed adopt moderate views to save Senate seat

Fox News’ Mark Meredith breaks down calls for Michigan Senate candidate Abdul el-Sayed to go moderate as midterms loom. Fox News contributor Marc Thiessen joins ‘America Reports’ to analyze House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’s distancing from DSA.

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This summer, as millions of Americans were enjoying fireworks or gearing up for the fall football season, the campaign of the Democratic Senate candidate in Michigan was scrambling to cover up past statements denouncing both.

You read that right: the campaign of Abdul el-Sayed was caught red-handed by CNN erasing hot takes declaring that "fireworks suck" and linking football to slavery.

On one hand, you can’t blame him. El-Sayed is running for statewide office in Michigan, which voted for President Donald Trump twice in the last decade. Better to take the hit on the flip-flop and sell voters on his canned declaration about his love for "Michigan football on Saturdays" than defend the indefensible.

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On the other, if character is what counts........

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