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El-Sayed blasts Rogers, says GOP turns to Islamophobia because ‘ideas are tired’
MS NOW ^ | August 6, 2026 | Allison Detzel

Posted on 08/06/2026 7:38:08 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

Abdul El-Sayed blasted his Michigan Senate race opponent Mike Rogers, labeling him a “coward” after the former congressman and other Republicans launched Islamophobic attacks against El-Sayed after his victory in Tuesday’s Democratic primary.

“Mike Rogers should never see the inside of the U.S. Senate,” El-Sayed told MS NOW’s Jacob Soboroff on Wednesday, adding, “His ideas are old, his perspective on politics is old — and he’s going to find that people don’t want that perspective anymore. So, of course he’s going to do the same thing that MAGA always does, which is try to divide us.”

El-Sayed, a physician, also addressed criticism from other Republicans, including Vice President JD Vance. On Wednesday, Vance said on Fox News, “He’s this guy who holds himself out as a working-class hero, as a guy who’s going to fight for the working class. How does he fight for the working class? By flooding his state and his country with low-wage immigrants.”

“I think we’ve had enough of him,” El-Sayed said of the vice president, adding that the “last thing that he said that made any sense” was in 2016, when he criticized Donald Trump’s presidential bid.

“That was the last time he made sense, and then he decided to suck up to power,” he told Soboroff.

El-Sayed said he does not believe Republicans’ divisive approach reflects the state that he and Rogers were born and raised in, arguing, “I know that Michiganders are open-minded. They’re big-hearted. They’re less interested in how you pray than what you pray for.”

“And we all pray for the same things,” he added.

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TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: abdul; death2islam

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1 posted on 08/06/2026 7:38:08 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

I am a proud Islamaphobic.


2 posted on 08/06/2026 7:42:21 PM PDT by NoLibZone (All those who defended Pam Bondi must be exposed.)
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To: MinorityRepublican
What a pinhead. Ideas are old? Really? You mean, like those ideas from the time of Islamic invasion of other lands starting in the 7th century?
3 posted on 08/06/2026 7:44:17 PM PDT by neverevergiveup
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To: NoLibZone

“We all pray for the same thing”. I don’t think so. I’ve never prayed for dead Christians or Jews. Islam does.


4 posted on 08/06/2026 7:45:02 PM PDT by lp boonie (Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment)
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To: MinorityRepublican

A phobia is an unreasonable or unwarranted fear. It is neither unwarranted nor unreasonable to fear a Socio political system masquerading as a religion, which demands that its adherents dominate, enslave or kill you if you reject it.


5 posted on 08/06/2026 7:46:15 PM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Finish the damned WALL! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH! )
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To: NoLibZone

Ditto


6 posted on 08/06/2026 7:46:57 PM PDT by Skywise
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To: MinorityRepublican

I’m sorry Abdul, but it’s good for my health that I AM Islamophobic.

What do you have to say about the millions of Christians, Jews, Budhists, and atheists murdered, raped, and enslaved by the followers of Islam?


7 posted on 08/06/2026 7:47:25 PM PDT by JohnnyP (Thinking is hard work (I stole that from Rush).)
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To: MinorityRepublican

I’m tired of Islam.


8 posted on 08/06/2026 7:55:12 PM PDT by Paladin2 (YMMV)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Islam is nothing more than pedophilia dressed up with religion


9 posted on 08/06/2026 7:57:19 PM PDT by NoLibZone (All those who defended Pam Bondi must be exposed.)
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To: NoLibZone

The guy’s got the it factor. Rodgers has his hands full. The socialist has a quick wit and can think on his feet. Are Michiganders wise enough to see through him? We got 90 days. Gonna be interesting.


10 posted on 08/06/2026 8:13:55 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: MinorityRepublican

Liberty is an old idea.

It is the basic principal upon which this nation was founded.

But Liberty is an anathema to the pinkos.


11 posted on 08/06/2026 8:15:25 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Yet, it’s OK to be an anti-Semite.


12 posted on 08/06/2026 8:16:53 PM PDT by roving
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To: MinorityRepublican

It seems to me that Rodgers has plenty of material to work with in his ads without ever touching Islam. Just working his way through the DSA platform points and all of Piker’s proclamations endorsing el-Sayed should be adequate to draw a bright line that points to Rodgers as the right candidate.


13 posted on 08/06/2026 8:21:13 PM PDT by T-Bird45 (It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't. )
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To: NoLibZone

It is MS Now. Yawn.


14 posted on 08/06/2026 8:26:34 PM PDT by mfish13 ( )
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To: NoLibZone

“Islamaphobic” is the new “Racist” for Democrats now that “Racist” has lost much of its punch due to overuse ... Dems now try to play the “Islamaphobic” Card instead of the “Racist” Card ...


15 posted on 08/06/2026 8:29:24 PM PDT by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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To: MinorityRepublican

Since Islam is by its own rules hostile to all non-Muslims, non-Muslims should be Islamophobic.


16 posted on 08/06/2026 8:29:58 PM PDT by heartwood
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To: MinorityRepublican

you can already see where this campaign is going, any criticism of the Muslim will be met with charges of racism and Islamophobia.


17 posted on 08/06/2026 8:30:07 PM PDT by srmanuel ( )
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To: MinorityRepublican

Islamic Law is a Law of Rape. We now have brutal evidence of Muslim Grooming Gangs raping hundreds of thousands of white girls in the UK.

This horror has been going on since the beginning of Islam. Further background information at the link.

https://gatesofvienna.net/2024/6/rape-is-resistance

Anyone who backs the propagation of Islam is a rape-enabler.


18 posted on 08/06/2026 8:32:54 PM PDT by magooey (The Mandate of Heaven resides in the hearts of men.)
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To: MinorityRepublican
Abdul El-Sayed, you're a Jihadist.
19 posted on 08/06/2026 8:35:06 PM PDT by Chgogal (There is no entity more arrogantly ignorant than a White Liberal Woman.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Well, Abdul, your religion has developed a certain reputation that makes it an issue. If you were, for example, a Baptist, no one would be making a point of it because Baptists are not associated with bombings, beheadings, mass casualty events, or creating backward, oppressive societies.


20 posted on 08/06/2026 8:39:20 PM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog.)
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