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"Blacks can't really think for themselves so they voted for Abdul" is a wild take
Who Up Socializing Their Summit, MSW (NOT A MAN)@acabcalloway.bsky.social · 7h agoWow this is REALLY REALLY REALLY racist.
This is total horseshit from the CBC. Cori Bush WAS a CBC incumbent and Bernie has endorsed several Black candidates this cycle, including one who just won in Detroit. Not here to defend Bernie's 1970s class reductionist politics But the idea that he somehow has it in for Black people is bullshit
Sky Marchini@sky.skymarchini.net · 6h agothe CBC-vs-Sanders fight has been there since at least 2020 but is really spilling into the open now.
Abdul won the Third Ward of Grand Rapids, the highest concentration of Black residents in the city.
Mike from Florida (he’s not) is an amazing cheap shot and I love it very much. welcome to Detroit motherfucker
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 7h agoEl-Sayed: "If all Mike Rogers got is that 'his name is Abdul, and my name is Mike,' you're gonna be surprised how many people are like, 'Yeah, but that's the Abdul who wants to bring down the price of my groceries and make sure I got healthcare. So yeah, I like Abdul over your Mike from Florida.'"
To DSA members who want to run on their own ballot line: Here’s what that actually looks like
He’s not an ogre because of his appearance. He’s an ogre because he has a deeply ugly personality and view of other people
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 7h agoFetterman: "I own mirrors. I know I'm an ugly guy."
El-Sayed: "They think they want to use my whole name against me. Mike, listen man, If you can't say the name -- it's Abdulrahman -- keep the name out your damn mouth."
I'm not going to let centrists pretend they didn't run an absolutely revolting campaign and repeatedly gaslight voters than Abdul was a misogynist antisemite
El-Sayed: "They spent an unprecedented amount of money to beat us -- attack ad after attack ad after attack ad after attack ad, wall to wall ads. But it turns out that the commercials are the part of the television show most people don't want to watch."
The DSCC puts out a statement from Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand backing Abdul El-Sayed. This is the first time since 2010 that a DSCC-backed candidate lost in a primary. #MISen
Rare credit where it’s due. This is the correct headline.
BREAKING: WASHINGTON (AP) - Abdul El-Sayed wins Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Michigan.
DSA will have a Black man from Detroit as a member of Congress. I bet money no major news outlet changes their tune about Black voters and progressive candidates as a result
Perhaps the most breathtakingly racist election result since David Duke won the primary for governor.
The Downballot@the-downballot.com · 18h agoSeems like an upset might be brewing in the GOP primary in #MI08 to take on Dem Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet. Trump endorsed Amir Hassan, but he currently trails an absolute nobody who suspended his campaign a month ago by a wide margin.
A Muslim with a very Arab name running on a left-wing platform winning a statewide Democratic primary anywhere — let alone the Midwest — would have been unthinkable even a year or two ago. Now comes the hard part but this is still an incredible victory.
1. the whole "disappointing night" thing is pure cope. El-Sayed beat the establishment candidate despite being outspent 10:1, that's an earthquake 2. primary polls are just not great and everyone needs to spend the next week going really, really hard for Peggy Flanagan
A lot of white Americans seem to think that all Muslims are responsible for 9/11, and really, that every non-white group is responsible for anything bad anyone from that group has ever done
Thank you, Michigan. I love you from the bottom of my heart!
Yes! This! We cannot treat Minnesota like it’s guaranteed because it is very much not. Lock in for Peggy!!!
Leah Greenberg ❌👑@leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 18h agothe lesson of tonight is that everyone needs to lock the fuck in for @peggyflanagan.bsky.social
the lesson of tonight is that everyone needs to lock the fuck in for @peggyflanagan.bsky.social
This is pretty much exactly what happened. The polls dramatically overestimated how he’d do with whites and underestimated how well he’d do with Black voters.
brent sewer socialist🚰🌹@therealbrent.bsky.social · 18h agoSo El-Sayed is doing better with Black voters and worse with white voters than most people imagined? That’ll be fun for The Discourse.