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El-Sayed Rallies Detroit, Pitches Anti-Israel, ICE-Abolition Platform
7/28/2026
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- U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed addressed a rally of a few hundred at a Detroit community college before the Fourth of July.
- He, the son of Egyptian immigrants and former professor and public-health official, runs for a must-win Michigan Senate seat that could decide Senate control.
- El-Sayed campaigns on a sharply anti-Israel platform, calls for abolishing ICE, raising taxes on the rich, and expanding Medicare to all Americans.
