Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic Senate candidate in Michigan, expresses irritation when he is asked about his association with Hasan Piker, the streamer/provocateur who said America deserved 9/11. “I’m not here to disavow people’s views,” El-Sayed said back during the Michigan Democratic primary campaign. “I’m here to have a conversation about how to get money out of politics, put money back in pockets and pass Medicare for all.”

Give El-Sayed credit for staying on message; those are the three main themes of his campaign. On his website, El-Sayed groups several positions under each one. Under “Money Out of Politics,” for example, he lists his support for terrible ideas like abolishing ICE and setting up a structure to bring waves of immigrants more quickly to the United States. He also vows to end the war in Iran, to “reform” the Supreme Court, to pass restrictive new campaign finance laws, to abolish the filibuster and more.

Under the theme “Money in Your Pocket,” El-Sayed put his views on AI, on farming, on trade, on education, on housing, on data centers and more. Much of it is standard Democratic boilerplate.

The last item, “Medicare for All,” gets a category by itself. If there is one policy proposal that El-Sayed seems to base his entire campaign on, it is Medicare for all. “I will fight to expand Medicare to cover all necessary healthcare, including vision, dental, and hearing, and extend it to every single American from cradle to grave without premiums, copays, or deductibles,” El-Sayed says. “Medicare........

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