Black voters helped El-Sayed make history. Don't forget it

Sacrifices Bee ^ | November 8, 2026 | By Saafir Rabb II and Rami Nashashibi

[artichokegrower]

Michigan has elected Abdul El-Sayed, the first Muslim U.S. senator in American history. This is an extraordinary moment. But anyone seeking to understand how it happened must begin with the people who made it possible, especially Black Detroit, whose organizing, relationships and determination helped secure this victory.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: abdulelsayed; blackracism; blackracists; defundthepolice; koranimals; michigan; muslimtruth

[artichokegrower]

We write from two distinct yet intertwined histories. One of us is an African American Muslim shaped by three generations of a movement whose roots trace back to Detroit in 1930. The other is a Palestinian American whose family arrived on Chicago's South Side as refugees of the 1948 "Nakba," and whose faith and organizing were profoundly shaped by that African American Muslim experience.

If I was Jewish I would get the heck out of Michigan

[Texas Eagle]

Second. Barack Obama was the first.

[rktman]

You mean arab America as alladin calls it.

[escapefromboston]

They just hate White people
So thanks for the evil politcians for allowing them into my country

[PGR88]

this article reads like they simply re-printed an abstract of a graduate neo-marxist sociology paper from a middling public university.

I know “Sacramento Bee” and “USA Today” were trash, but this is what they are all about now.

[OttawaFreeper]

It will be interesting to see how blacks find out how Muslim Democrats really think of them. Likely not too different from the Democrats of the Jim Crow era.

[Texas Eagle]

Somehow they’ve gotten white people to hate themselves. White women primarily.

[mrmeyer]

Why? Most of them voted for him. No sympathy

[bigbob]

They elected Whitmer who is just as bad

[july4thfreedomfoundation]

60% of the jews in Michigan voted for the muzzie who hates their guts. Fools.

[EinNYC]

Somehow they’ve gotten white people to hate themselves. White women primarily.

I do not hate myself. And I do not take direction on what opinion to have of myself from moral scum such as those who elected an antisemite and a hater of America. They will follow the path most suited for them---the sewer.

[Round Earther]

Did these voters not consider the Haley Stevens endorsement of Mike Rogers or even President Trump’s opposition to El-Sayed?

[Mr. Mojo]

Alas, Jewish voters (60% of them) helped “Dr.” Jihadi as well. It’s the whole “Chickens for KFC” and “Gays for Gaza” phenomenon. Meshugenahs for Mohammedans.

[Kid Shelleen]

If you want to start trouble with Muslims ask them if the Nation of Islam is really Islam ...

[Tijeras_Slim]

Wait until they find out what abeed means.

[Karl Spooner]

I could be wrong, but it looks like white females got him in there. Blacks were just 11% of the voters if I understand that correctly.

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[Merrick]

A lot of Jews in Michigan voted for Roger’s, but not most. The vast majority voted for El-Sayed. They obviously don’t know what’s good for them. Dana Nessel wouldn’t even go to her own party convention because she was afraid of the Muslims. But I’m sure she voted for El-Sayed.

[Merrick]

The problem with this plot is that a lot of Jews split their ticket - Roger for Senate but D everywhere else. But most Jews still voted for El-Sayed regardless.

[escapefromboston]

White people really have a hard time seeing other races as being racist . They are good at seeing White people being racist
But Asian, Black, Muslim or whatever being racist ? Completely blind to it.

[Merrick]

Haley betrayed the party - and 70% or more voted for El-Sa6ed before Stevens endorsed Rogers.