{"id":2652520,"date":"2026-08-31T17:48:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T21:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/abdul-el-sayed-attempts-to-cover-up-true-feelings-about-9-11\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T17:53:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T21:53:01","slug":"abdul-el-sayed-attempts-to-cover-up-true-feelings-about-9-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/abdul-el-sayed-attempts-to-cover-up-true-feelings-about-9-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Abdul El-Sayed Attempts to Cover Up True Feelings About 9\/11"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fabdul-el-sayed-attempts-to-cover-up-true-feelings-about-9-11%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=2652520&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>The article discusses how Abdul El-Sayed, Michigan\u2019s democratic Senate nominee, deleted old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-rashida-tlaib-speaks-at-fringe-rally-where-activists-call-for-the-elimination-of-israel\/\" title=\"Democrat Rashida Tlaib Speaks At Fringe Rally Where Activists Call For The Elimination Of Israel\">social media posts related<\/a> to the September 11 attacks amid the upcoming 25th anniversary. These posts were verified by CBS news and included comments comparing COVID-19 death tolls to the 3,000 deaths on 9\/11 and condemning the attacks. On the 20th anniversary of 9\/11, he posted mournful messages that also contained a controversial remark equating approximately one million lives lost in recent U.S. military actions to the deaths on 9\/11, leading to accusations of trashing America. His campaign stated the posts were removed as part of a broader effort to avoid misinterpretation, and he has affirmed that he condemns terrorism and the attacks. Critics, including political opponents, have highlighted these past statements, with some emphasizing the removal as an attempt to clean up past remarks rather than a change of stance. El-SayedS connection to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/randy-fines-primary-opponent-condemned-for-antisemitic-ad\/\" title=\"Randy Fine\u2019s primary opponent condemned for antisemitic ad\">controversial social media figure<\/a> and his refusal to disavow certain associates have also drawn scrutiny. the incident exemplifies how political campaigns manage historical online content in the face of electoral pressures.  <\/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><\/p>\n<p>Michigan\u2019s Democratic Senate nominee deleted old social media posts about Sept. 11 as the country heads into the 25th anniversary of the attacks.<\/p>\n<p>Abdul El-Sayed is the party\u2019s candidate against Republican Mike Rogers. He is a former state health official who won the Democratic primary.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/abdul-el-sayed-deleted-social-media-sept-11-attacks-michigan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS News<\/a> verified two removed posts that had not been widely reported before Monday.<\/p>\n<p>In April 2020, he compared the COVID death toll to the nearly 3,000 people killed on 9\/11 and said he hoped America would spend a decade on \u201ca war for public health &#038; against poverty\u201d the way it launched a \u201cglobal #WaronTerror.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Sept. 11, 2021 \u2014 the 20th anniversary of the attack \u2014 he wrote that he mourned the \u201c3K lives, 6K injuries, &#038; infrastructural devastation in NYC, perpetuated ignorantly in the name of my faith.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The next sentence was the one that landed hardest: \u201cTomorrow, I\u2019ll mourn ~1M lives, millions of injuries, &#038; infrastructural devastation in 3 countries, perpetuated ignorantly in the name of my country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/08\/31\/us-news\/abdul-el-sayed-scrubed-old-tweet-trashing-america-on-9-11-faces-calls-from-dems-to-disavow-hasan-piker\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Post<\/a> reported that line as a trashing America on the anniversary itself.<\/p>\n<p>El-Sayed\u2019s campaign told CBS News that the posts were part of a broader wipe of material older than July 2023 \u201cto prevent any old posts from being taken out of context.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A representative said El-Sayed \u201chas always unequivocally condemned terrorism and the September 11 attacks\u201d and accused Rogers of \u201cbad-faith lies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In his 2020 book, El-Sayed called the hijackings \u201ccraven terrorist attacks.\u201d In April he said on Fox &#038; Friends, \u201cOf course I don\u2019t think 9\/11 was justified.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rogers has tied El-Sayed to Twitch streamer Hasan Piker, who said in 2019 that \u201cAmerica deserved 9\/11\u201d and later walked the line back.<\/p>\n<p>El-Sayed campaigned with Piker during the primary and has refused a clean break.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am not interested in a conversation about a social media person in California,\u201d he told reporters over the weekend, the New York Post reported.<\/p>\n<p>Several Democrats, including Sen. John Fetterman and Rep. Brad Schneider, have told him to disavow Piker. El-Sayed has not.<\/p>\n<p>Deleting the anniversary post does not rewrite it. 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