{"id":2642733,"date":"2026-08-10T15:34:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T19:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tiana-lowe-doescher-slams-el-sayeds-leaked-ayatollah-comments\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T15:35:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T19:35:25","slug":"tiana-lowe-doescher-slams-el-sayeds-leaked-ayatollah-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tiana-lowe-doescher-slams-el-sayeds-leaked-ayatollah-comments\/","title":{"rendered":"Tiana Lowe Doescher slams el Sayed&#8217;s leaked ayatollah comments"},"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\">18<\/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%2Ftiana-lowe-doescher-slams-el-sayeds-leaked-ayatollah-comments%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=2642733&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>tiana Lowe Doescher, an economics columnist at the Washington Examiner, contended that Republican criticisms of Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul el Sayed are based on his remarks during the primary election. These include comments about the pronunciation of his name adn concerns related too his Arab American support.Doescher noted that el Sayed highlighted issues of racial sensitivity, which the Republicans have exploited, framing him as associated wiht socialism and \u201cthird worldism.\u201d She explained that these terms refer to the idea that American politicians should accommodate the political views of particular immigrant communities, especially in places like Dearborn, Michigan. Furthermore, Doescher pointed to leaked audio clips where el Sayed was asked about the death of Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei, suggesting that political sensitivities in dearborn influenced his response. she argued that Republicans are using these comments and associations to portray Democrats as aligned with socialism and extremist viewpoints, aiming to leverage these issues in the upcoming midterm elections.  <\/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<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Washington Examiner <\/em>economics columnist <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/tiana-lowe-doescher\/\">Tiana Lowe Doescher<\/a> argued that Republican attacks against <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/michigan\/\">Michigan<\/a> Democratic Senate nominee <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/abdul-el-sayed\/\">Abdul el Sayed<\/a> are rooted in his comments during the primary campaign, including remarks about his name and the political sensitivities surrounding his Arab American support. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEl Sayed is the one who, during the primary, said that if you can\u2019t pronounce his name, it\u2019s racist, right? Doescher said on CNN\u2019s <em>Group Chat <\/em>on Monday. \u201cSo he started this. The NRSC is just jumping on it.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4681415\/tiana-lowe-doescher-third-worldism-abdul-el-sayed-ayatollah-comments\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>\u2018That is third worldism\u2019: Tiana Lowe Doescher slams Abdul el Sayed\u2019s leaked ayatollah comments<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/4681188\/mamdani-claims-socialist-rise-reminiscent-fdr-vision-democrats-fiorello-la-guardia\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Mamdani claims socialist rise is reminiscent of FDR\u2019s vision for Democrats<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4681001\/angie-craig-pans-peggy-flanagan-deception-aipac-minnesota-senate-race\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Angie Craig pans Peggy Flanagan for \u2018deception\u2019 after AIPAC position paper revealed<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Doescher\u2019s comments come as the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/national-republican-senatorial-committee\/\">National Republican Senatorial Committee<\/a> made el Sayed\u2019s background and positions a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4675962\/gop-abdul-el-sayed-senate-future-of-democrats-stark-contract-mike-rogers\/\">central part<\/a> of its criticism of him as Republicans look to make Michigan competitive in the midterm elections.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Doescher argued that the attacks are part of a broader Republican strategy to portray Democrats as increasingly aligned with <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/socialism\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"510\">socialism<\/a> and what she described as \u201cthird worldism.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"540\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 960 \/ 540;\" width=\"960\" controls src=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/gop-vs-el-sayed-gc.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe White House is running on, \u2018The Dems are communists, they\u2019re socialists,\u2019 whatever,\u201d she said. \u201cBut also third worldism, which I think is inextricably linked with a lot of that messaging.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Doescher defined the term as the idea that American politicians must accommodate the political views of particular immigrant or diaspora communities, specifically pointing to Dearborn, Michigan\u2019s large Arab American population.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4680954\/dearborn-vs-detroit-abdul-el-sayed-cut-into-stevens-black-vote-tiana-lowe-doescher\/\"><strong>\u2018DEARBORN VS. DETROIT\u2019 PROVES HOW ABDUL EL SAYED CUT INTO STEVENS\u2019S BLACK VOTE: TIANA LOWE DOESCHER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She cited <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/there-are-a-lot-of-people-in-dearborn-who-are-sad-democratic-senate-hopeful-abdul-el-sayed-said-he-needed-to-stay-silent-on-khamenei-killing-because-many-of-michigans-muslim-voters\/\">leaked audio clips<\/a> obtained by the <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em>, in which el Sayed was asked about the death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Doescher suggested political sensitivities in Dearborn influenced his response.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Doescher argued that el Sayed\u2019s own comments have given Republicans an opening to make his views and associations a central issue in their campaign.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tiana Lowe Doescher: GOP attacks on Abdul el Sayed stem from primary remarks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4275,"featured_media":2642734,"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\/2026\/08\/AP26217644312724_6b3bd3-e1786377427742.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[6091,6672,81734,5894,42350],"class_list":["post-2642733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-ayatollah","tag-commentary","tag-el-sayed","tag-politics","tag-tiana-lowe-doescher"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP26217644312724_6b3bd3-e1786377427742.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2642733","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\/4275"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2642733"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2642733\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2642737,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2642733\/revisions\/2642737"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2642734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2642733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2642733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2642733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}