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‘Pay to Pray’? El-Sayed Allegedly Paid Black Pastor $75K Before Endorsement

Horace Sheffield III, a prominent Detroit-based pastor and radio host who said he would put “his full force” behind Democrat Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, received $75,000 from the candidate’s campaign beforehand, a Washington Free Beacon review of finance records found.

Ecumenical Ministers Alliance, the pastor’s nonprofit that Sheffield incorporated in 2010, did not respond to the Daily Signal’s request for comment about the 10 different $7,500 payments from Oct. 21 to June 1 for “political consulting” from El-Sayed’s campaign.

In July, the Ecumenical Ministers Alliance, which is registered to Sheffield’s home address, endorsed El-Sayed, who then said he is “deeply honored” to have Sheffield’s support and lists the endorsement on his campaign website.

Sheffield himself first endorsed El-Sayed on his show “The Wake-Up Call,” nearly two weeks after he first began to receive payments from El-Sayed’s campaign.

On his show, Sheffield, the father of Detroit Mayor Mary Sheffield, then applauded El-Sayed, echoing the Democrat’s campaign talking points on corporate PAC money and “Medicare for All.”

Sheffield also urged supporters to vote for El-Sayed and even took shots at El-Sayed’s opponent, Rep. Haley Stevens, for never having “been seen” in Detroit.

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