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Defending ‘Defund,’ Ending Fireworks: El-Sayed Deleted Old Posts and Videos
New York Times ^ | Bayliss Wagner

Posted on 08/13/2026 5:07:16 PM PDT by NoLibZone

The removed posts from Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Michigan, immediately set off Republican attacks.

Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Michigan, was a prolific commentator for years, pontificating about the political issues of the day on social media, YouTube and various podcasts.

But if you’re looking for some of his takes from years ago, you won’t find them on YouTube. CNN reported on Tuesday that he had deleted a number of videos and posts where he floated the idea of abandoning fireworks on Independence Day, suggested replacing the Second Amendment with the “right to have health care” and expressed support for the “defund the police” movement.

A review of online archives by The New York Times shows that Dr. El-Sayed has made at least 160 videos from his public YouTube page private, including every post that predated the announcement of his Senate bid in April 2025. He has also deleted numerous posts on X.

He did not wipe away everything.

In one podcast episode from 2023 that was not deleted, he drew a loose link between American football and Manifest Destiny, the trans-Atlantic slave trade and the United States’ history of “destroying Native Americans,” saying that they were “kind of echoed in the ethos” of the sport. Republicans seized on the newly unearthed content to attack Dr. El-Sayed, who won the Democratic primary last week and is facing former Representative Mike Rogers in a November contest seen as crucial to control of the Senate.

“Defund ICE, defund the police, and now a call to ban fireworks,” Senator Tom Cotton, Republican of Arkansas, wrote on X. “You can’t make this up. The Democratic party has gone off the deep end.”

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


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KEYWORDS: abdul; abdulelplatner; abdulelsayed; elsayed; oldpostsandvideos

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1 posted on 08/13/2026 5:07:16 PM PDT by NoLibZone
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To: NoLibZone

Wicked lawless anti-Christ spirit freakshow is whitewashing his past. I’m sure he would be most offended at the use of the term ‘whitewashing.’

While Obama smiles his approval in the background.


2 posted on 08/13/2026 5:13:32 PM PDT by captmar-vell
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To: captmar-vell

He ran for governor in ‘18. Don’t you think he was not through? Any post since then should have been recorded to use against him when he was ready to return.


3 posted on 08/13/2026 5:40:35 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: NoLibZone

I think of he and Piker as being enemies of the state. What would Ike do?


4 posted on 08/13/2026 5:56:02 PM PDT by equaviator (Nobody's perfect. That's why they put pencils on erasers!)
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To: NoLibZone

Sayed is boneless and doesn’t have the convictions of a child, he just says whatever will get a vote. Very untrustworthy.


5 posted on 08/13/2026 5:57:22 PM PDT by chopperk (,)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

The fact that Americans will seriously consider someone who openly hates America and is proud of this fact tells me we are not far from the abyss or else the voting system is entirely compromised. Or both.


6 posted on 08/13/2026 6:08:42 PM PDT by captmar-vell
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To: NoLibZone
"The removed posts from Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic communist nominee for Senate in Michigan"

Oh, BTW new york times Bayless, it's democrat, NOT DEMOCRATIC.

I did not know the nyt hired the handicapped...

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7 posted on 08/13/2026 7:24:25 PM PDT by TLI (ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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To: captmar-vell

Easiest smash commercial of the year.

Play 10 second clip of Abulrahman mohamed saying one of his far beyond the pale things.

Voiceover: Dr. Al-Sayed, do you have any comment on your call (for open borders, to eliminate police, to ban fireworks, etc.)?

3 seconds of YouTube “this video has been deleted.”

Closeout: “If he can’t stand on his own words, he can’t stand for YOU.”

(Paid for by MEME Action PAC, a fictitious entity)


8 posted on 08/13/2026 8:40:58 PM PDT by No.6
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To: captmar-vell

Look at this map.

https://apnews.com/projects/elections-2026/michigan-primary-results-us-senate/#Dem

Especially look at Kent County (Grand Rapids). MI is an open primary. You make up your own mind: crazy Michiganders or crossover vote picking the least electable Dem?

(For my part — you can click on my profile and see my state — I can affirm that I have never, nor will I ever, vote for a muhammedan for any office whatsoever.)


9 posted on 08/13/2026 8:46:36 PM PDT by No.6
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Following his victory in Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary, El-Sayed—a progressive epidemiologist, former local health official, and practicing Muslim—was quick to deny he was supported by the virulent Muslim Brotherhood.

Political opponents and various attack ads tie El-Sayed to the Muslim Brotherhood or other militant groups through his family members, campaign donors, and American Muslim civil rights groups like the Muslim-centered Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).

Has Abdul coerced independent Watchdog and civil rights organizations, such as the Center for the Study of Organized Hate, to categorize these allegations as part of an orchestrated “smear campaign” and false “conspiracy theories?”

He has dodged efforts to frame his candidacy as an ideological threat.

El-Sayed and his campaign have calculatedly tried to “look American”.....affirming a platform centered on progressive domestic policies (such as Medicare for All and getting corporate money out of politics), dismissing the accusations as bigoted dog-whistles intended to distract from substantive policy debates.


10 posted on 08/13/2026 10:25:14 PM PDT by Liz (“The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies the work of His hands." (Psalm 19:1))
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Democrat Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed’s views on
treasured aspects of American are decidedly anti-American:
<><>got caught hating ultra-American things like fireworks,
<><>trashing the beloved Second Amendment
<><>and even — gasp! — football.
<><>some of his anti-Americanism were quickly deleted,
<><>can’t have voters know the “real Abdul”
<><>his anti-Americanisms were reported by CNN’s K-File.


In one now-deleted July 2024 video, El-Sayed, 41, says, “Fireworks suck!” and pleads to find another way to celebrate July 4th, the dearly-held birthday of American independence.

Another video shows El-Sayed claiming the southern border was not a top concern for Americans (just Trump), while another now-removed clip had the candidate musing about replacing the precious Second Amendment.

One video that remains online has El-Sayed trashing football,
wondering if the sport can be “safe” and “ethical,” CNN reported.


11 posted on 08/13/2026 10:26:58 PM PDT by Liz (“The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies the work of His hands." (Psalm 19:1))
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To: NoLibZone

Sayed said stuff. Examine the WORDS of this MoFo POS.


12 posted on 08/14/2026 1:39:45 AM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: No.6

Nice, in a world of sound minds it works.

Yet I’m afraid we’ve reached the point where the majority will not here any truth, much less even a little bit.

“And Abraham said unto him, ‘If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded though one rose from the dead.’” - Luke 16:31


13 posted on 08/14/2026 6:26:33 AM PDT by captmar-vell
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To: NoLibZone

WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE THE STORY ABOUT HOW HE RAN THE ANIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS HE WAS IN CHARGE OF....


14 posted on 08/14/2026 7:06:33 AM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: captmar-vell

Sounds like El-Sayed is exactly the kind of person we do NOT need in the political realm


15 posted on 08/14/2026 7:12:09 AM PDT by oldtech (oltech)
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To: oldtech

Unfortunately this full of darkness narcissistic lawless anti-Christ Spirit worshiping flotsam and jetsam ilk is all that ever gets washed up onto the American beaches for our consideration.

Where have all the good people gone.


16 posted on 08/14/2026 7:19:58 AM PDT by captmar-vell
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