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Soros-Backed Newspaper Just Got Caught Calling El-Sayed a Veteran: He’s Not
Red State ^ | August 27, 2026 | Rusty Weiss

Posted on 08/27/2026 11:35:58 AM PDT by Red Badger

A George Soros-backed outfit intentionally designed to be mistaken for a local newspaper just mailed Michigan voters a headline calling Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D-MI) a veteran.

He's as much a veteran as he is a doctor. Well, more on that last part in a minute.

The "Michigan Independent" sent out unsolicited mailers to voters celebrating El-Sayed's primary win and, according to the Washington Free Beacon, completely whiffed on the headline.

"El-Sayed — veteran, doctor, and former health official — is Democratic Senate pick," the header declares.

Missed it by that much.


(Excerpt) Read more at redstate.com ...


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1 posted on 08/27/2026 11:35:58 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

Jihad doesn’t count?


2 posted on 08/27/2026 11:39:19 AM PDT by rktman (Patriotism not 'hateriotism' !. Enlisted USN 1967 proudly. 🇺🇸)
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To: rktman
Jihad doesn’t count?

Exactly. Veteran in whose wars?

3 posted on 08/27/2026 11:40:02 AM PDT by pgyanke (Republicans get in trouble when not living up to their principles. Democrats... when they do.)
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To: Red Badger

“A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.”


4 posted on 08/27/2026 11:42:12 AM PDT by pgyanke (Republicans get in trouble when not living up to their principles. Democrats... when they do.)
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To: rktman

Well, it didn’t say whose army................


5 posted on 08/27/2026 11:42:30 AM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: Red Badger

At least not a veteran on the American side...


6 posted on 08/27/2026 11:50:26 AM PDT by null and void (Mongo just prawn in buffet of life)
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To: pgyanke

Democrats are unbelievbly gullible and profoundly easy to deceive.


7 posted on 08/27/2026 11:51:26 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo )
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To: Red Badger

A veteran of the political wing of jihad.


8 posted on 08/27/2026 11:53:43 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo )
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To: Red Badger

You can bet your sweet Bippy that El-Kabong and his butt boy, the Tidepod Piker ARE NOT VETERANS. Geez. Soros is a moron. The boy makes Biden look like a genius.


9 posted on 08/27/2026 11:55:29 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Socialism is the same clown show that gave us out of control global illegal immigration.)
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To: Red Badger
"A George Soros-backed outfit intentionally designed to be mistaken for a local newspaper just mailed Michigan voters a headline calling Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D-MI) a veteran."

And the difference between that and a Maddow or Dana Bash or George Stephanopolos saying the same on television is....?

10 posted on 08/27/2026 11:57:30 AM PDT by Tench_Coxe (The woke were surprised by the reaction to the Bud Light fiasco. May there be many more surprises)
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To: Red Badger

How does someone finish medical school but not finish the residencies to become a licensed doctor?


11 posted on 08/27/2026 11:59:51 AM PDT by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: Tell It Right

So, his like a Jill doctor then.


12 posted on 08/27/2026 12:04:38 PM PDT by rktman (Patriotism not 'hateriotism' !. Enlisted USN 1967 proudly. 🇺🇸)
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To: Tell It Right

“How does someone finish medical school..”

DID he finish medical school? I heard he partially finished.

But who knows what’s true?


13 posted on 08/27/2026 12:05:04 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.)
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To: Tell It Right

Probably failed his state boards more than once and then gave up.


14 posted on 08/27/2026 12:29:12 PM PDT by cpdiii (cane cutter, deckhand, oilfield roughneck, drilling fluid tech, geologist, pilot, pharmacist, MAGA)
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To: Red Badger

https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/dark-money-group-falsely-labels-el-sayed-veteran-blames-headline-change

“El-Sayed — veteran, doctor, and former health official — is Democratic Senate pick,” read a Michigan Independent. El-Sayed has never served in the military, nor is he licensed to practice medicine.

American Independent Foundation President Joe Conason told the Washington Free Beacon that the error was the result of a misplaced comma.

“The error occurred when a new headline was written for the print edition,” he said. “It was supposed to say that he was a ‘veteran doctor and public health official,’ ie, ‘veteran’ modifying those two terms.”


problem is he is not a doctor.................


15 posted on 08/27/2026 1:07:05 PM PDT by PeterPrinciple ((Thinking Caps are no longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere))
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To: Red Badger

A Veteran fighting in Uganda against the USA?


16 posted on 08/27/2026 1:07:11 PM PDT by Zathras
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To: pgyanke

“A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.”

A quote that is a bit dated. It was said before “X” and other social media came into being. Thanks to X, the lie is exposed before it can get across the lips. And everyone reads X. It has ten times the reach of any traditional media.


17 posted on 08/27/2026 2:04:53 PM PDT by FlipWilson
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To: Red Badger

Aw, come-on.

They are probably either:
a. Confusing him with Major Nidal Hasan (the infamous Ft Hood shooter) or
b. El-Sayed secreted fought against US forces somewhere, and this is the first step in outting him.


18 posted on 08/27/2026 2:14:24 PM PDT by rbg81 (=)
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To: Red Badger

“Au Contraire Pierre ... he’s a veteran of Satan’s Army


19 posted on 08/27/2026 2:48:06 PM PDT by antidemoncrat
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To: antidemoncrat

No, he’s still on active duty in that army.


20 posted on 08/27/2026 6:09:52 PM PDT by chickenlips (Neuter your politicians )
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