FIRST ON FOX: The Senate GOP’s elections chief said Michigan voters have a clear-cut choice: pick a Trump-backed Republican or support an insurgent progressive who is "for Hamas.""By going with [Dr.Abdul] El-Sayed, you're talking about socialism, Marxism, communism, and someone who seems to just not like America," Sen.
Tim Scott, R-S.C., told Fox News Digital."The only thing he's not against, Hamas.
He's for Hamas, but he's against America."Scott, who chairs the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), and Republicans are ramping up their rhetoric against El-Sayed, who eked out a win to secure the Democratic nomination for Senate in Michigan last week against the more moderate Rep.Haley Stevens, D-Mich.PEGGY FLANAGAN WAS MINNESOTA'S NO 2 OFFICIAL AS MASSIVE FRAUD SCANDAL EXPLODED UNDER STATE'S WATCHAbdul El-Sayed, a progressive candidate in the Democratic primary for U.S.
Senate in Michigan, speaks during a primary election night event Wednesday, Aug.5, 2026, at the Majestic Theatre in Detroit.
(Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP Photo)They're pouncing on unearthed hot takes he's made in the past and his proximity to Twitch streamer Hasan Piker in their quest to paint El-Sayed as a far-left candidate with extremist ties.Republicans believe that they have a real shot at flipping Michigan’s open seat after Sen.Gary Peters, D-Mich., opted to retire.
Scott and company view former Rep.Mike Rogers, who was the GOP nominee in 2024, as the man to secure the seat."I always believe that the wind's at my back, and I always believed that momentum's on our side," Scott said.
"And there's no doubt about it when you look at the underlying conditions that you'd much, much, much rather be Mike Rogers than El-Sayed."REPUBLICANS GET THE DEMOCRAT THEY WANTED AS SOCIALIST ABDUL EL-SAYED WINS MICHIGAN SENATE PRIMARYFor starters, Rogers has President Donald Trump’s backing in a state that he won by just over 1 point in 2024, a roughly 4-point swing from 2020, when former Presi...