WARREN, MI - Mike Bouchard Jr., the Republican nominee for Michigan's 10th Congressional District, says Abdul El-Sayed’s narrow Senate primary victory is no sign Michigan as a whole is embracing socialism and that the progressive Democrat's message is dividing the country."El-Sayed was campaigning with Hasan Piker the day before the election, Hasan Piker said that America deserved 9/11, we did not deserve 9/11, tell that to the thousands of people who died in 9/11 and the thousands of American military who died abroad defending this country," Bouchard, a Bronze Star recipient who served as an infantry officer in the 101st Airborne Division and an intelligence officer in the 82nd Airborne Division, told Fox News Digital."The fact that that is coming to our streets, that someone says that America deserves something like that, that is ripping America apart block by block.We need to come together, build this country up, and find real solutions together.
I'm done with this partisan politics and trying to bring socialism into a country that is not what we were founded on."El-Sayed was crowned the Democratic nominee for the U.S.Senate in Michigan on Tuesday night, winning a razor-thin contest by less than a percentage point against the establishment-backed Democratic Rep.
Haley Stevens.EL-SAYED PALS AROUND WITH FAR-LEFT STREAMER HASAN PIKER THE DAY BEFORE CRUCIAL MICHIGAN SENATE ELECTIONBronze Star recipient and GOP congressional nominee Michael Bouchard criticized Abdul El-Sayed’s progressive agenda in an interview with Fox News Digital.(Fox News Digital/Getty)Bouchard told Fox News Digital that El-Sayed’s victory shows a "split" in the Democratic Party but said that while the socialist wing is the "loudest voice" in the room, he doesn’t believe most Michigan voters are swayed by far-left politicians."Absolutely not," Bouchard said.
"The people in Michigan are hard workers.They work hard, they love their families, and you know what? They're moderates.
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