{"id":2457742,"date":"2025-07-10T00:26:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T04:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anti-israel-muslim-senate-candidate-ties-campaign-to-socialist-mamdani-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-07-10T00:26:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T04:26:31","slug":"anti-israel-muslim-senate-candidate-ties-campaign-to-socialist-mamdani-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anti-israel-muslim-senate-candidate-ties-campaign-to-socialist-mamdani-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-Israel Muslim Senate candidate ties campaign to socialist Mamdani &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fanti-israel-muslim-senate-candidate-ties-campaign-to-socialist-mamdani-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2457742&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Democratic Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is linking his campaign to socialist New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani through a Facebook ad. El-Sayed, a former Detroit health official, aims to emulate Mamdani&#8217;s progressive success by promoting bold policies and a people-powered campaign. Mamdani won the NYC Democratic nomination on a platform of free public services and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >government-run programs<\/a>, defeating former Gov. andrew Cuomo. Both El-Sayed and Mamdani share progressive views, Muslim heritage, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-tells-biden-to-back-off-after-palestinian-rioters-attack-police\/\" title=\"Israel Tells Biden To Back Off After Palestinian Rioters Attack Police\">anti-israel stances<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>El-Sayed is running to succeed retiring Sen. gary Peters in 2026 and faces competition from fellow Democrats including Rep. Haley Stevens, who leads recent polls. Backed by prominent progressives like Bernie Sanders and Ro Khanna, El-Sayed promotes a message of love, healing, and empathy as an antidote to former President Donald Trump&#8217;s approach.The race is expected to be competitive, with the Democratic nominee likely to face republican Mike rogers in the general election.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Anti-Israel Muslim Senate candidate ties campaign to socialist Mamdani<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2170431\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Democratic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3465448\/michigan-democrats-raise-millions-open-senate-seat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Michigan Senate <\/a>candidate and former Detroit health official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3383108\/progressive-democrat-uncommitted-movement-jumps-into-michigan-senate-race\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Abdul El-Sayed<\/a> is tying himself to socialist New York City mayoral candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/zohran-mamdani\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Zohran Mamdani<\/a>, according to a Facebook ad shared with the <em>Washington Examiner.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3383108\/progressive-democrat-uncommitted-movement-jumps-into-michigan-senate-race\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Abdul El-Sayed<\/a> is running in a competitive field of Democrats looking to succeed retiring Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) in 2026. With the ad, he&rsquo;s signaling that he wants the progressive triumph that Mamdani pulled off in NYC.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3467358\/trumps-noaa-pick-weather-service-staffing-supports-budget-cuts\/\">Trump&rsquo;s NOAA pick pledges full weather service staffing, but supports budget cuts<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3467305\/schumer-early-blame-game-gop-government-funding-feud\/\">Schumer tees up early blame game with GOP over government funding feud<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3467072\/netanyahu-trump-gaza-denies-rift-full-coordination\/\">Netanyahu denies rift with Trump over Gaza, says two are in &lsquo;full coordination&rsquo;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Zohran Mamdani just won the Democratic nomination for NYC mayor! His win is proof that bold, progressive politics are what Americans want,&rdquo; the ad says. &ldquo;Like Zohran, I&rsquo;m running a people-powered campaign because I know we deserve better. Working-class Americans are being crushed by the cost of living while billionaires get tax breaks.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Zohran won. Abdul is next,&rdquo; the ad concludes over a call to donate to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3383108\/progressive-democrat-uncommitted-movement-jumps-into-michigan-senate-race\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">El-Sayed<\/a>&lsquo;s campaign.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is running Facebook ads tying himself to NYC&rsquo;s Zohran Mamdani.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Zohran won. Abdul is next,&rdquo; the ad reads. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oBB7AqrHyV\">pic.twitter.com\/oBB7AqrHyV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ross O&#8217;Keefe (@RossOKeefe2) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RossOKeefe2\/status\/1943133933236818316?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 10, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>Mamdani famously won the New York City Democratic nomination for mayor behind his call for free buses, childcare, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicago-mulls-government-owned-grocery-store-as-retailers-bolt-city\/\" title=\"Chicago considers government-owned grocery store as retailers leave city.\">government-run grocery stores<\/a>. He defeated former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who was widely expected to win, behind a ground movement that was larger than Cuomo&rsquo;s.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Mamdani represents the future of Democrat platform, it should surprise no one that El-Sayed&rsquo;s embrace of Mamdani has put him within striking distance of winning the Democrat nomination,&rdquo; Senate Leadership Fund Communications Director Chris Gustafson told the Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n<p>El-Sayed has several notable similarities with Mamdani, including that both are Muslim and hold anti-Israel views. He entered the Michigan Senate race in April.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3383108\/progressive-democrat-uncommitted-movement-jumps-into-michigan-senate-race\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">El-Sayed<\/a> likely has a battle in front of him with three other declared candidates for the Democratic primary: Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI), state Sen. Mallory McMorrow, and former Michigan House Speaker Joe Tate.<\/p>\n<p>Whoever wins out of the bunch will likely face Republican former Rep. Mike Rogers, who narrowly lost to Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) in the 2024 elections.<\/p>\n<p>Recent polling indicates Stevens is the frontrunner. A <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2025\/07\/08\/michigan-senate-democratic-primary-poll-stevens-el-sayed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">NRSC-sponsored<\/a> July poll showed Stevens with 24% support, El-Sayed with 22%, McMorrow with 11% and Tate with 1%. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/f\/?id=00000197-4a9d-da2a-a9bf-4ebd9fe70000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">A different poll<\/a>, sponsored by the McMorrow campaign, showed Stevens with 24% support, McMorrow with 20%, El-Sayed with 15%, and Tate with 4%.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3434519\/who-is-zohran-mamdani-socialist-candidate-eric-adams-nyc-mayor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">WHO IS ZOHRAN MAMDANI, THE SOCIALIST CANDIDATE CHALLENGING ERIC ADAMS TO BE NYC MAYOR?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>El-Sayed is backed by Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-MI), Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA), and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison. He previously ran for Michigan governor in 2018, losing to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI) by about 20 points in the primary.<\/p>\n<p>El-Sayed suggested he will beat Trump by doing the opposite of him. &ldquo;Democrats think that the best way to win is to try and beat him at his own game,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/michigan-senate-race-election-abdul-el-sayed-fundraising-2096219\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">he told Newsweek<\/a>. &ldquo;You just won&rsquo;t do that. Our job is to be able to capture the kind of attention because we&rsquo;re providing an antidote to what he does. If [President&nbsp;Donald Trump&nbsp;is] bringing hate, we bring love. If he&rsquo;s bringing more pain, we&rsquo;re bringing healing. If he&rsquo;s bringing that danger and insecurity, we&rsquo;re bringing a kind of empathy and a kind of understanding.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2170431\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2170431\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anti-Israel Muslim Senate candidate links campaign to socialist Mamdani<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2457743,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/abdul-el-sayed.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[5845,58781,52240,58782,32076],"class_list":["post-2457742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-anti-israel","tag-muslim-candidate","tag-senate-campaign","tag-socialist-mamdani","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/abdul-el-sayed.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2457742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2457742"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2457742\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2457746,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2457742\/revisions\/2457746"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2457743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2457742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2457742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2457742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}