Self-described capitalist Abdul El-Sayed has powerful socialists ties to NYC elite

Michigan Democratic Senate candidate and self-described “capitalist” Abdul El-Sayed has deep socialist ties that run straight through New York City’s radical elite, The Post can reveal.A newly surfaced, now viral 2019 photo tied him this week to notorious Israel-hating socialist Linda Sarsour, who at the time proudly called him DSA’s “newest member.”The bombshell photo ties El-Sayed to powerful Democratic Socialists of America activists like Sarsour, exploding his debate-night claims that he’s not part of the far-left group.The scandal erupted just after a fiery televised showdown Thursday against GOP rival Rep.

Mike Rogers (R-Mich.), who trails El-Sayed by a razor-thin 3 points in the RealClearPolitics average.But the connection is no one-off encounter — a Post review has found Sarsour has backed “Uncle Abdul” for nearly a decade — and it’s now part of the secret to his surprising success.Sarsour, 46, is a figure of national reputation whose efforts helped give rise to NYC mayor Zohran Mamdani — the nation’s first socialist mayor.She helped deliver the lefty “Squad” in Congress after serving as executive director of the Arab American Association of New York and co-founding online mobilizing group MPower Change – while facing repeated accusations of antisemitism along the way.“Linda Sarsour has spent years building a political network to elect far-left candidates who share her anti-American worldview, and Abdul El-Sayed has hardly concealed his own hardline ideological commitments,” said Jesse Arm, vice president of the Manhattan Institute.

“The ascendant far left is not merely a collection of radical candidates, but an organized political movement with the infrastructure and relationships to translate its Islamist-sympathetic, anti-Western agenda into political power.”Sarsour’s support for El-Sayed dates back to his failed 2018 bid for governor against Gov.Gretchen Whitmer (D-Mich.), when she drove with Muslim activi...