{"id":2651832,"date":"2026-08-29T23:21:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T03:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rogers-releases-advertisement-knocking-el-sayed-for-football-comments\/"},"modified":"2026-08-29T23:24:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T03:24:43","slug":"rogers-releases-advertisement-knocking-el-sayed-for-football-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rogers-releases-advertisement-knocking-el-sayed-for-football-comments\/","title":{"rendered":"Rogers releases advertisement knocking el Sayed for football 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%2Frogers-releases-advertisement-knocking-el-sayed-for-football-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=2651832&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>Michigan Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers released a new ad criticizing his Democratic opponent, Abdul el Sayed, for comments about football being racist, sexist, and associated with toxic masculinity. Rogers, who has a background in football and wears a University of Michigan shirt in the ad, highlights el Sayed\u2019s 2021 essay in which he described toxic masculinity at the core of America&#8217;s favorite sport. The ad also references el Sayed\u2019s past discussions on Fox News, where he linked the NFL to racism and discussed affordability. Rogers has used el Sayed\u2019s socialist views, including his support for defunding the police and abolishing ICE, to campaign against him.The race has attracted attention due to el Sayed\u2019s controversial statements, including an apology to Michigan Jews over a spring remark related to antisemitic violence and ongoing criticism of his anti-Israel stance and ties to internet personality Hasan Piker, who has expressed controversial opinions about America. The Michigan Democratic Party held its final convention before the midterm elections, with el Sayed attempting to distance himself from Piker in recent interviews.  <\/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\">Republican <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/michigan\/\">Michigan<\/a> Senate candidate <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-rogers\/\">Mike Rogers<\/a> released a new advertisement on Saturday criticizing his Democratic opponent <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/abdul-el-sayed\/\">Abdul el Sayed<\/a> for past comments he has made about <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/football\/\">football<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMy dad was a football coach at Redford Union,\u201d Rogers says in the advertisement while donning a University of Michigan shirt. \u201cI played football all through high school. On the gridiron, I learned about teamwork, and toughness. Abdul, well, he says football is racist, sexist, and dominated by toxic masculinity.\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\/4705463\/rogers-advertisement-el-sayed-comments-football-racist\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Rogers releases new advertisement knocking el Sayed for comments about football being racist<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4705409\/abdul-el-sayed-apologizes-michigan-jews-synagogue-attack\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Abdul el Sayed apologizes to Michigan Jews for controversial synagogue attack statement<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4702761\/anthony-constantino-trump-elise-stefanik-2026\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Meet the MAGA-rapping sticker mogul running to replace Elise Stefanik in Congress<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Roger\u2019s criticism stems from a 2021 essay el Sayed wrote in which <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/el-sayed-dares-gop-rival-no-pads-football-showdown-senate-feud-turns-personal\">he references<\/a> the \u201ctoxic masculinity at the heart of America\u2019s most popular sport.\u201d El Sayed also discussed his relationship with football earlier in the week while on Fox News\u2019s <em>Jesse Watter\u2019s Primetime<\/em>, and pivoted to affordability when asked, \u201cYou said the [National Football League] was racist; what did you mean by that?\u201d<\/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\">Rogers has looked to capitalize throughout his campaign on el Sayed\u2019s socialist beliefs and other controversial comments he\u2019s made in the past, including <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4639642\/michigan-el-sayed-defund-the-police-2020-cnn-review\/\">expressing support<\/a> for defunding the police and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/abdulforsenate.com\/2026\/01\/abdul-el-sayed-is-calling-to-abolish-ice-his-opponents-wont\/\">calling to abolish<\/a> Immigration and Customs Enforcement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCommon sense vs. crazy; that\u2019s Michigan\u2019s choice,\u201d Rogers said in closing, referencing a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4688861\/mike-johnson-contrast-for-america-tour-midterm-elections\/\">common attack line<\/a> Republicans have deployed in recent weeks and months as socialist figures such as el Sayed have become more mainstream among Democrats. \u201cAbdul thinks football is bad,\u201d he also says in the clip, \u201cbut men playing women\u2019s sports is good. That\u2019s just not who we are in Michigan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4705409\/abdul-el-sayed-apologizes-michigan-jews-synagogue-attack\/\"><strong>ABDUL EL SAYED APOLOGIZES TO MICHIGAN JEWS FOR CONTROVERSIAL SYNAGOGUE ATTACK STATEMENT<\/strong><\/a><\/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\">The race otherwise progressed on Saturday as <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4705409\/abdul-el-sayed-apologizes-michigan-jews-synagogue-attack\/&#038;sa=D&#038;source=docs&#038;ust=1788059640982200&#038;usg=AOvVaw2onlP6cQ7C02vOjSngnk2M\">el Sayed apologized<\/a> to a group of Jewish Democrats for a controversial statement he made in the spring in response to an antisemitic attack at a Michigan synagogue. He has come under fire throughout the summer for his anti-Israel views and ties to internet personality Hasan Piker, who has said America deserved the September 11th attacks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The statewide Democratic Party also hosted its <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freep.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2026\/08\/29\/michigan-democrats-project-unity-at-convention\/91359373007\/\">final convention<\/a> before November\u2019s midterm elections on Saturday. El Sayed attempted to further distance himself from Piker while speaking to reporters after the event, saying, \u201cI am not interested in a conversation about a social media person in California.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\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<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rogers criticizes el Sayed\u2019s football comments in new ad<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3238,"featured_media":2651833,"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\/image-collage-bd1rb34t9-1787625636444-e1787625891246.jpg?1788043731&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[28260,81734,5541,13811,37014],"class_list":["post-2651832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-advertisement","tag-el-sayed","tag-football","tag-rogers","tag-sports-commentary"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-collage-bd1rb34t9-1787625636444-e1787625891246.jpg?1788043731&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2651832","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\/3238"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2651832"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2651832\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2651836,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2651832\/revisions\/2651836"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2651833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2651832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2651832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2651832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}