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Abdul El-Sayed seeks Democratic unity after divisive Michigan Senate primary
In the first 90 seconds of his victory speech in Detroit Wednesday, Abdul El-Sayed both lambasted the influence of AIPAC and appealed to his rival Haley Stevens, who had benefited from the pro-Israel lobby's massive resources, to campaign with him.
The more than $60 million spent on the race on her behalf helps make it the most expensive in Senate primary history.
Trump on Truth Social: "El-Sayed, a Communist loser who hates Jews and Israel, is the projected winner in his race with the Socialist."
Trump on Truth Social re: the El-Sayed result: "Great news for the Republican Party"
Stevens on X/Twitter: "I spoke with Abdul a few moments ago to offer him my full support"
El-Sayed addressing Stevens: "whatever differences that we might have had in the primary"
El-Sayed to Mallory McMorrow: "You took on the power of AIPAC" and "You were willing to speak truth to a level of power that sometimes is unbeatable."
El-Sayed: "as bitter and as divisive and as cynical as the campaign against us might have been" (referring to the primary; contrasted with the Rogers/Trump campaign as "already more bitter")
El-Sayed: "my commitment to your safety, my commitment to Jewish safety"
El-Sayed: "hurt people do hurt people"
El-Sayed on redirecting US defense assistance from Israel to domestic priorities: "the kind of politics that tells us that we cannot invest in those children" ... "deny rights to other children abroad"
Stevens "lost by less than 1 percentage point"; described as "a stunning rebuke to multiple pollsters who said she would lose by double digits." More than $60 million spent on Stevens' behalf. Stevens backed by "upwards of $30 million in pro-Israel money." Michigan's Jewish community "roughly 130,000 Jews." Stevens endorsed El-Sayed Wednesday; Schumer also endorsed El-Sayed after pushing for Stevens.
Frames El-Sayed's victory-speech opener as a "jarring pivot" — denouncing AIPAC's influence then appealing to Stevens to campaign with him; described as evidence of "the daunting bridge-building that Democrats face between the party's pro- and anti-Israel wings."
Notes El-Sayed later "devoted a chunk of his speech to ensuring the safety of Michigan's Jews," a community unsettled by his equivocal reaction to the synagogue attack.
The primary featured "mutual accusations of anti-Arab racism, misogyny, and antisemitism."
El-Sayed has accused Israel of genocide in the Gaza war; repeated pledge to reallocate US defense assistance from Israel to domestic priorities.
The article notes El-Sayed is not a communist (physician/former county health official) and Stevens is not a socialist, correcting Trump's labels.