Former Obama aide Jon Lovett urged Jewish Michiganders to vote for Abdul El-Sayed, saying voters have a "moral obligation" to support the Democratic U.S.Senate nominee in Michigan.On Tuesday's episode of the "Pod Save America" podcast, the co-host condemned President Donald Trump for his rhetoric about El-Sayed at a recent rally for GOP candidate Mike Rogers.Lovett urged Jewish voters in Michigan to reject Trump's rhetoric, arguing that antisemitism on the left paled in comparison to the "hatred" coming from the right, which he said would eventually make America less safe for Jewish people."So Donald Trump says there that any Jew would be ashamed to vote for Abdul, and there's a debate among Jews in Michigan about whether to vote for Abdul.
I just want to be very clear, Jews in Michigan have a moral obligation to support Abdul," he said."They should do it to protect themselves from antisemitism and rising hatred in America."'POD SAVE AMERICA' HOSTS WARN EL-SAYED TO TONE DOWN 'CONDESCENSION' ON MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD QUESTIONSDr.
Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for U.S.Senate, speaks at the Michigan Democratic Nominating Convention in Lansing, Mich., on Aug.
29, 2026.(Anadolu via Getty Images)"And if that sounds confusing to you at all, you should imagine two futures," he continued.
"One in which there is a debate inside the Democratic Party about America's relationship to Israel, military aid for Israel, and antisemitism on the left, which is real.That is a big and important debate we could have to try to find places of agreement, places of consensus.
There can be persuasion and argument and hard feelings, but there can be democracy."The other future, Lovett said, would be dangerous for Jewish people."On the other, you have this kind of politics on the right where it is about dominance and hatreds and othering of people.It starts with Muslims," he said.
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