Posted on 03/31/2026 6:12:03 AM PDT by MtnClimber
Democrats love to say their problem is messaging but sometimes it’s the message that’s the problem.
Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is learning that the hard way. Leaked audio has surfaced of El-Sayed telling staffers he didn’t want to say anything about the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei — because, in his words, “there are a lot of people in Dearborn who are sad.”
The New York Post reports the recording came from a March 1 strategy call, the day after Khamenei was killed in an Israeli strike. On that call, El-Sayed urged his team to stay quiet on the subject entirely.
The Washington Free Beacon, which obtained the audio, quoted him directly: “I also want to remind you guys that there are a lot of people in Dearborn who are sad today. So, like, I just don’t want to comment on Khamenei at all. Like, I don’t think it’s worth even touching that.”
This wasn’t someone being careful about the fog of war or worrying about civilian casualties. It was a straightforward political calculation: Don’t say anything that might alienate a key voting bloc, even if that means staying silent about the death of one of the world’s most consequential bad guys.
Khamenei spent decades at the helm of a regime that bankrolled terrorism, jailed and killed dissidents, crushed women’s rights, persecuted religious minorities and exported chaos across the Middle East. You don’t have to cheer every Israeli military operation to find it troubling that a U.S. Senate candidate’s first instinct was to worry about voters who were grieving him.
It gets worse. According to the Free Beacon, El-Sayed also mapped out a deflection strategy for reporters, saying: “I’m just gonna go straight to pedophilia, frankly” — meaning he planned to pivot to Trump and
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But don't say anything bad about jihadi terrorists.
Then they can head back home and live the life they dream of.
What about the Sunni/Shiite split?
How many Shiite in Dearborn?
In general, Sunni are not sad when Shiites die. And vice versa.
The bums can’t be too “sad”. They didn’t bother going for Iahtoldya’s funeral
Ayatollah Assahola.
Any doubt about their willingness to ‘assimilate’?
Pronto.
Any doubts whether Muslims constitute an internal national security threat should be dispelled. This terrorist symp is leading in the senate race in Mi. Woe to the republic.
I hope they realize ant taxes we hope they paid helped kill the bastard.
I believe they’re into asssemenating.
Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is not a viable candidate and the folks in Dearborn know it. Otherwise he wouldn't need to go to East Lansing and Ann Arbor for rallies and fundraising.
Oh. Didn't see any protest in Dearborn, MI. against the war in Iran since it began.
Did however see a bunch of WHITE Boomers over the weekend protesting my country. So, suck it Bigot.
I don’t give 2 shits about these scumbags “feelings.”
People in Dearborn who are sad.
Names for the watch list not safe to be here.
I am very sad also.....so much so that I have his cardboard head on a pike in my yard. GO USA!!!
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