{"id":2641029,"date":"2026-08-05T14:26:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T18:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-declares-el-sayeds-michigan-win-great-news-for-the-republican-party\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T14:28:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T18:28:33","slug":"trump-declares-el-sayeds-michigan-win-great-news-for-the-republican-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-declares-el-sayeds-michigan-win-great-news-for-the-republican-party\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Declares El-Sayed&#8217;s Michigan Win &#8216;Great News for the Republican Party&#8217;"},"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\">22<\/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%2Ftrump-declares-el-sayeds-michigan-win-great-news-for-the-republican-party%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=2641029&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>President Donald Trump reacted positively to socialist candidate Abdul El-Sayed\u2019s close victory in the Michigan Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate, calling it \u201cgreat news\u201d for the GOP.El-Sayed narrowly defeated Democratic Rep. Haley Stevens,with about 48.48% of the votes to Stevens\u2019 47.51%, amid support from prominent socialists like Bernie Sanders and alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Trump labeled El-Sayed a \u201cCommunist loser\u201d and criticized the election process, suggesting possible voter fraud in Wayne County. el-Sayed will compete against Republican Mike Rogers in November; Rogers previously lost a close race in 2024 but secured his party\u2019s nomination. Rogers responded with strong remarks about el-Sayed\u2019s beliefs, hinting at controversial views on the U.S., and criticized the election\u2019s integrity. el-Sayed\u2019s campaign is associated with leftist policies such as opposing voter ID laws, ending certain immigration enforcement agencies, advocating Medicare for All, and increasing taxes on high earners and estates. He has also refused to definitively state whether Israel has a right to exist, instead focusing discussions on U.S. foreign aid and criticizing Israel\u2019s policies. The article also highlights debates over election integrity in Michigan, El-Sayed\u2019s political background, and his policy positions.  <\/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\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump reacted to socialist candidate Abdul El-Sayed\u2019s narrow victory in the Democratic U.S. Senate primary in Michigan, calling it \u201cgreat news\u201d for the GOP.<\/p>\n<p>The New York Times reported <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/muslim-leftist-el-sayed-declares-winner-key-michigan-senate-primary-despite-votes-still-outstanding\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">El-Sayed<\/a> had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2026\/08\/04\/us\/elections\/results-michigan-us-senate-primary.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">48.48 percent<\/a> of the vote to Democratic Rep. Haley Stevens\u2019 47.51 percent. El-Sayed had a margin of about 15,000 votes over Stevens with over 95 percent of the ballots counted.<\/p>\n<p>Michigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, along with other prominent members of her party\u2019s establishment, supported Stevens over El-Sayed, who enjoyed the early backing of socialists Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fetterman-obliterates-bernie-sanders-supporting-platner-communists-needs-apologize\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bernie Sanders<\/a> of Vermont and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, who both campaigned for him.<\/p>\n<p>Trump responded to the news of El-Sayed\u2019s victory, posting on <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/117043300198873853\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a>, \u201cGreat news for the Republican Party. El-Sayed, a Communist loser who hates Jews and Israel, is the projected winner in his race with the Socialist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs usual, the Polls were way off on this one. She was not expected to do nearly as well as she did. Now, the Dumocrats crazy policies will only get worse!\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING: Trump declares Abdul El-Sayed Michigan Senate primary win \u2018great news\u2019 for Republicans <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OrlfYzBWks\">pic.twitter.com\/OrlfYzBWks<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fox News (@FoxNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FoxNews\/status\/2085008807718015471?\">August 5, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>El-Sayed will face off against former Congressman Mike Rogers in November, who easily secured the GOP nomination.<\/p>\n<p>Rogers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/2024-election\/results\/michigan\/senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">narrowly lost<\/a> to then-Democratic Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-seditious-sen-slotkin-cant-point-illegal-military-order-trump-brings-tom-cruise-movie-instead-can-dems-get-disgraceful\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elissa Slotkin<\/a> in the 2024 Senate race in Michigan: 48.6 to 48.3 percent.<\/p>\n<p>Trump, who did carry the Wolverine State in that year, <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/117043133534824966\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">argued<\/a> Wednesday on , \u201cWayne County (Detroit) in Michigan is one of the most corrupt voting areas in the United States, if not the World. It is strictly Third World! Miracles happen in Wayne County, including more votes being cast than there are voters, by a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTherefore, the Communist [El-Sayed], who is not liked in Detroit, is potentially in \u2018Vote Counter\u2019 trouble. The Radical Left Socialist has a real shot, and don\u2019t discount all of those fake mail-in ballots that will \u2018surprisingly\u2019 show up at the last moment. Get ready for another Rigged Election. In November we must VOTE FOR MIKE ROGERS, and make Michigan TOO BIG TO RIG.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rogers \u2014 a U.S. Army veteran and former <a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Mike_Rogers_(Michigan)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FBI special agent<\/a> \u2014 released a statement following El-Sayed\u2019s win, saying, \u201cI spent years hunting terrorists and bringing Osama bin Laden to justice. Never in a million years did I think that I would be running against someone who believes America <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/james-carville-threatens-abandon-democrats-hasan-pikers-rising-influence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">deserved 9\/11<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Mike Rogers on Abdul El-Sayed\u2019s victory:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI spent years hunting terrorists and bringing Osama bin Laden to justice. Never in a million years did I think that I would be running against someone who believes America deserved 9\/11.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eJasdwZF74\">pic.twitter.com\/eJasdwZF74<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 InteractivePolls (@IAPolls2022) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/IAPolls2022\/status\/2085013160528921029?\">August 5, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>El-Sayed campaigned Monday with leftist influencer Hasan Piker, who claimed America deserved 9\/11, the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/08\/03\/us-news\/abdul-el-sayed-stumps-with-hasan-piker-on-primary-eve-who-marvels-over-white-dude-bros-supporting-him\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>According to his <a href=\"https:\/\/abdulforsenate.com\/priorities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a>, some of El-Sayed\u2019s policy priorities include opposing Voter ID laws, including the Save America Act, and supporting abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Medicare for All, increasing taxes on those earning $1 million or more, as well as increasing the inheritance tax for estates valued at $1 million or more.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-passes-trumps-landmark-one-big-beautiful-bill\/\" title=\"House passes ...&#039;s landmark &#039;one big, beautiful bill&#039;\">current top marginal tax rate<\/a> is <a href=\"https:\/\/taxfoundation.org\/data\/all\/federal\/2025-tax-brackets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">37 percent<\/a>. The top marginal rate for federal inheritance tax is 40 percent.<\/p>\n<p>The top 1 percent of income earners pay 40 percent of all federal income tax revenue, while the top 10 percent pay 72 percent of the total. The bottom 50 percent account for just 3 percent of federal revenue, due to various exemptions and deductions in the tax code, the nonpartisan Tax Foundation <a href=\"https:\/\/taxfoundation.org\/data\/all\/federal\/latest-federal-income-tax-data-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There is a $15 million exemption at the federal level, while states impose their own inheritance taxes at various rates, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/taxfoundation.org\/data\/all\/state\/estate-inheritance-taxes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tax Foundation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/2026\/07\/24\/abdul-el-sayeds-slippery-argument-about-israels-right-to-exist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Washington Monthly<\/a> reported El-Sayed, whose family <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2026\/jul\/30\/us-senate-candidate-abdul-el-sayed-runs-american-system-helped\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">immigrated<\/a> from Egypt in the late 1970s, has refused to answer whether Israel has a right to exist and advocates ending all foreign aid to the Jewish State, accusing the nation of engaging in \u201cgenocide\u201d and \u201capartheid.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Does Israel have a right to exist?<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Abdul El-Sayed: \u201cNobody ever asks whether Palestine has a right to exist. Israel exists. A better question is: Does Israel have a right to our tax dollars?\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/J1GwIwzewk\">pic.twitter.com\/J1GwIwzewk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \ud835\udc0c\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc25\ud835\udc1c\ud835\udc28\ud835\udc25\ud835\udc26 (@Malcolm_Pal9) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Malcolm_Pal9\/status\/2084469567481626954?\">August 4, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>When pressed multiple times by CNN\u2019s Kasie Hunt <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/politics\/articles\/cnn-anchor-asks-abdul-el-220223632.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">last month<\/a>, El-Sayed responded, \u201cI\u2019m not going to play this gotcha game whether [Israel] has a right to exist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cThe question about whether Israel has a right to exist is actually quite secondary to whether or not they have a right to our tax dollars.\u201d<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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