Despite Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed denying ties to socialism, a Republican Michigan lawmaker warned his policy agenda tells a different story and predicted voters will reject it in November."Abdul El-Sayed can't define what a woman is, so I'm not surprised he can't define what socialist is," Michigan state Rep.Bill G.
Schuette told Fox News Digital."The facts are all the policies he supports are emblematic of the DSA movement and of this really far-left socialist idea."El-Sayed, a former public health official, narrowly defeated establishment-backed Rep.Haley Stevens, D-Mich., securing an upset victory for the party’s progressive wing in Michigan's Democratic Senate primary earlier this month.
His nomination follows multiple primary victories by candidates aligned with the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), including in New York, Florida and Colorado.DEMS' LEFTWARD LURCH GETS LEGS AS EL-SAYED'S MICHIGAN SENATE VICTORY SPARKS PARTY DEBATEAbdul El-Sayed speaks to supporters at his Get Out to Vote rally in Detroit, Mich., on Aug.3, 2026.
He is seeking to defeat Rep.Haley Stevens in Michigan's Democratic Senate primary and advance to the general election in November.
The candidates are vying for Michigan's U.S.Senate seat to replace retiring Democratic Senator Gary Peters.
(JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP via Getty Images)While El-Sayed has pushed back on the socialist label, he has drawn support from political heavyweights and DSA members like Sen.Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., Rep.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Rep.Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich.El-Sayed previously told CBS News he wants to build a "broad coalition" of supporters of President Donald Trump and DSA members, saying he doesn’t "do ideology" but favors "solutions that solve problems." He separately told CNN, "I believe in capitalism, I just believe that capitalism has to be regulated."According to Schuette, El-Sayed’s victory is evidence that the Democratic Party has "jumped the shark" by...