Michigan election: How Abdul El-Sayed's critics smeared his defence of Palestinians as 'hate'

Michigan election: How Abdul El-Sayed's critics smeared his defence of Palestinians as 'hate' Submitted by Murad Idris on Fri, 11/06/2026 - 20:51 By attacking his motives, the senator-elect's opponents turned a debate over US funding for Israel's genocide in Gaza into a trial of his character Abdul El-Sayed (left) won Michigan’s US Senate seat on 3 November, two days after Haley Stevens (centre), the Democrat he beat in the primary, endorsed his Republican opponent Mike Rogers (right) (Jeff Kowalsky, Jim Watson and