GOP cheering Abdul El-Sayed, other lefty primary wins as major gift for 2026 midterms
WASHINGTON — Republicans are seeing red after Democrats grew their army of “Mini Zohran Mamdamis” to take into battle for control of Congress in November. Michigan’s primary on Tuesday echoed Democratic elections in New York, Maine, Colorado and beyond, where far-left – including socialist candidates – beat out moderates in states critical to the 2026 midterm elections.Lefty Dr.Abdul El-Sayed narrowly defeated centrist Rep.
Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) in the Senate Democratic primary on Tuesday; Democratic Socialists of America (DSA)-backed Michigan state Rep.Donavan McKinney ousted incumbent Rep.
Shri Thanedar; and community organizer William Lawrence, a progressive endorsed by Sen.Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), triumphed over two moderate opponents.Sen.
John Cornyn (R-Texas) told The Post on Wednesday that the outcomes were “making it easier on Republicans” for the general election.“What’s your choice between a Republican and a crazy person?” Cornyn asked.El-Sayed, a Muslim doctor who wants to abolish ICE, pass Medicare-for-All and insists Israel is just “as evil as Hamas,” defeated Stevens, who was backed by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC): 48.5% to 47.5%.While Stevens easily won rural areas and held her own in Detroit and its suburbs, El-Sayed ran up massive margins in the college town of Ann Arbor as well as the growing city of Grand Rapids, home of the young, white and college-educated voters who have flocked to the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) elsewhere.“Michigan Republicans have a turnout problem, but Mike Rogers just caught a political lifeline,” said Dennis Lennox, Michigan Republican consultant.“The prospect of Abdul El-Sayed in the Senate is real, and that will energize Republicans while converting many normie Democrats, especially Jewish voters, into being Democrats for Rogers.”Dick Morris, a political consultant to Bill Clinton for 20 years, including his 1996 re-election, before aiding Trump, ...