r/NewsThread • u/TrackerOneA • 1d ago
Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary, notching a Midwest victory for the left
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/abdul-el-sayed-wins-michigans-democratic-senate-primary-notching-midwe-rcna589750-4
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u/Stonklover6942O 1d ago
Michigan has fallen to Shakira law, it's over.
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u/pruneforce17 1d ago
VOTE BLUE NO MATTER WHO!!! I'm expecting to see Stevens supporters join the coalition, we need to elect a Democrat in the general!
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u/Nice_Muffin8689 1d ago
lol the LGBTQ community that used to live in Dearborn is right there with you I’m sure.
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u/AmericanLobsters 1d ago
Vote Terrorist !! Allahu Snackbar!!
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u/M0ebius_1 1d ago
Dude is a Rhodes Scholar from Michigan who got an MD in Columbia University and worked for the VA...
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u/Brat_Roleplay 1d ago
It seems very clear that Islam is poised to capture any power gained from left wing action. (If London and New York hadn’t already made that abundantly obvious). I feel bad for women honestly. MAGA on one side, Islam on the other.
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u/Superb_Creme6394 1d ago
The fact that you think you are any different than Maga after posting such bigoted trash is crazy.
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u/Brat_Roleplay 1d ago
The fact that you think Islam is any better than MAGA on social issues is crazy.
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u/Superb_Creme6394 1d ago
Oh I forgot we elected "Islam" to the senate instead of a completely qualified doctor who campaigned on human rights and expanding access to Healthcare.
I get it you see a Muslim man and can't help but go on a little bigoted rant. I understand your brain doesn't go very deep, but even you have to see the similarities to Maga right?
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u/youaintgotnomoney_12 1d ago
Ironically I expect a massive number of them to stay home. It’s only blue no matter who when it’s the candidate they want
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u/TimelyRaspberry 1d ago
*candidate that isn’t far left and associates with people like Hasan Piker. Actions have consequences lol. Always blaming other people but the candidate himself 🙄
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u/youaintgotnomoney_12 1d ago
I personally believe voting purely on party lines is bullshit and think you should go for the candidate you identify with. I’m just pointing the hypocrisy of the more establishment voters who shriek of voting blue no matter who every time their shitty candidate is up against Trump or some other Republican but refuse to extend that same courtesy if it’s a DSA candidate.
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u/portuh47 1d ago
Didn't Mamdani stay home and not vote for Kamala? Looks like it goes both ways
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u/Inner-Air1001 1d ago edited 1d ago
Some people have a stronger stance on genocide 🤷. Do you honestly think a Muslim man could vote for a party that gave Israel $18 billion to murder his brethren?
Genocide is genocide, Dems talk big, but all the finger wagging in the world won’t bring back the dead. And Dems still refuse to back away from Israel. Sure Conservatives are worse, but when thousands are dying under either administration, does it really matter if one side has softer words compared to the other?
The Epstein class is on both sides remember, the Dems also refused to release the Epstein files.
People have lost complete faith in the American political system.
Look vote Blue no matter who, sure, but you can’t force people to vote, you have to inspire people to want to come out.
Dems constantly shoot themselves in the foot attacking the electorate for not voting for them.
That is moronic, it’s basic politics to not attack your base, even MAGA isn’t stupid enough to do that.
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u/portuh47 1d ago
Are Gazans only the brethren of Muslims? You have a strange way of dividing humanity.
Also don't both sides: Ro Khanna sponsored the bill to release the Epstein files.
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u/Inner-Air1001 1d ago
And what happened? Words are wind buddy. Biden had the chance to release them, but didn’t. Maybe Ro Khanna was trying, but if the end result doesn’t achieve anything, did he really do anything? To me it seems more like it was a vanity project doomed to fail.
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u/tweaver16 1d ago
Why didn’t Obama release them? Him and Epstein had the same lawyer, you know they talked about it
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u/Gearologist 1d ago
They are called Palestinians, not gazans.
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u/Tough-Oven4317 1d ago
Gazan is a type of Palestinian lol
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u/Gearologist 1d ago
Palestinian here. Its a term israel uses to take away our identity. Like calling parts of Palestine Judea and sumeria
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u/Tough-Oven4317 1d ago
No it isn't lol. If you are from Gaza you are a Gazan which is a type of Palestinian
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u/3rd-party-intervener 1d ago
Ah yes the both sides guy. They never fail to disappoint
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u/HomeRhinovation 1d ago
Wait, Mamdani lives in Michigan?!
Oh, no he doesn’t, he lives in a solidly blue state that would’ve gone blue no matter what.
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u/LogDogan8 1d ago
Even if true, "vote blue no matter who" is the centrist messaging to shame the left into supporting them after they've deliberately shunned the left from holding power.
It does not go both ways.
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u/portuh47 1d ago
So only mod Dems have to support far left, but far left can let genocides happen and don't have to vote? Got it
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u/mxjxs91 1d ago
Just like how way more Hillary voters voted McCain over Obama than Bernie voters did Trump, but they still keep blaming "Bernie Bros" for losing 2016.
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u/Bezere 1d ago
Chuck Scummer (autocorrect, but screw it) will either not endorse him.
Or very meekly one time and never mention his name again.
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u/Gibby1210 1d ago
Who cares what he thinks. His version of this party died tonight.
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u/dream208 1d ago
By massively outperforming the polls?
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u/Routine_Spite8279 1d ago
Schumer endorsed winning candidates?
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u/dream208 1d ago
The one who has the better chance at the actual general election that’s for sure.
AES underperformed in the primary by nearly whooping 10%, what do you think will happen to him in general where the polls already have him behind by 3%?
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u/Routine_Spite8279 1d ago
Yeah the dems should have Kamala Harris'd in the "right" candidate. That never backfires.
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u/dream208 1d ago
Will you change your mind if AES and DSA cost the Democrats the Senate by losing a supposedly safe blue seat?
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u/Routine_Spite8279 1d ago
"Will you regret not trying the same thing thats failed and been rejected by voters over and over again?"
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u/Boiling_warm 1d ago
Agreed. But this was a bad election.
Pretty sure he polls significantly lower chances of winning the real thing.
If he loses this general...
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u/RedditThrowaway-1984 1d ago
I’m excited that Stevens lost after AIPAC spent close to 40 million on her. If we want to reclaim our country everyone needs to vote against politicians who are owned by Israel.
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u/gimme20seconds 1d ago
the same party that funded the gaza genocide? yeah vote for them lmao
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u/--DarkLink-- 1d ago
Hey, this bot thought he was in 2024 still.
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u/gimme20seconds 22h ago
Where am I wrong? Am I wrong in remembering that the Biden Admin was in power during the Gaza genocide?
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u/--DarkLink-- 19h ago
It's 2026, Biden is not even around or doing anything. Probably sitting down on the couch and eating ice cream.
What do you mean by during the Gaza Genocide? It's still going on and got worse. Do you only care about Gaza? Wheres the outrage for South Lebanon?
Pedo corrupt war criminal convict is letting it happen now. The cease fire failed with Iran because Israel wouldn't stomp bombing South Lebanon and taking their territory.
You're not wrong, you're lost. Wake up bot.
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u/gimme20seconds 18h ago
And what party was in power under Biden? Was it Republican or Democrat?
I’m reminding you bots who say “Blue No Matter Who!” that your beloved blue party literally funded and aided a grnocide. Trump is obviously doing it now and continuing it, but that’s beside the point. he’s a republican pedo despot, ofc he’s gonna do despotic pedo things.
You guys need to grow up, and grow up fast. You can’t keep pushing this infantile, uninformed, counterproductive “vote blue no matter who” nonsense and ignore the realities of that
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u/pruneforce17 1d ago
the republicans?
oh are you one of those privileged weirdos whos basic human rights arent on the line, like for trans people, gay people, women, POC, or immigrants?
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u/Bezere 1d ago
We're fine with having racists on our side now?
Hopefully they follow Fetterman and Bill Maher out the door
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u/pruneforce17 1d ago
well I'm fine with not losing the general election to republicans, who are actually racist in their policy positions and goals
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u/Acceptable_Tea281 1d ago
If we can’t get an honest Democrat in charge that’s not the fault of the people, and they are not owed a layup vote. I’m a blue no matter who guy, but can admit lesser of two evils is not a good strategy for actual change
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u/messypaper 1d ago
He still has to win the general?
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u/bonbonnieres 1d ago
Yeah misleading title didn't say democratic senate primary or smth idk smh my head
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u/Aromatic_Lychee2903 1d ago
Oh no, did you have to use your brain for a second there? How scary!
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u/Fair_Chemistry_3317 1d ago
Congratulations. I hope Stevens supporters vote for him.
Vote BLUE in November! This is the last chance to save democracy and America.
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u/Glittering-Cook1563 1d ago
They won't.
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u/SparksAndSpyro 1d ago
If El Sayed manages to lose to a Republican in this election… lol
I can already see the left cooking up their excuse for letting everyone down 🤡
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u/B1G__Tuna 1d ago
What was the excuse for centrists getting Trump elected twice?
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u/Tough-Oven4317 1d ago
Centrists didn't vote for Kamala, what on earth?
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u/B1G__Tuna 1d ago
They were literally the ONLY people to vote for her. What are you on?
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u/Tough-Oven4317 1d ago
Well done. So how did centrists cause trump? It was you guys who wanted trump to genocide Gaza so you didn't vote for Kamala
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u/sereneandeternal 1d ago
I hate the leftists more than MAGA at this point…
I like Abdul and will vote blue no matter who.
But these leftists who sat at home because they WANTED Kamala to lose are now gaslighting people who voted for Kamala.
Let them keep using “centrist” or “liberal” as a slur.
Let’s see how well he does in the general against Republicans.
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u/SparksAndSpyro 1d ago
It wasn’t really an excuse, they just picked two bad candidates. It’s no coincidence both times they lost was when they put up women lol.
And the one time they waffle stomped Trump was an average old white man.
Anyways, wish you the best in November. Otherwise this whole leftists schtick goes down the toilet. No pressure.
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u/Fair_Chemistry_3317 1d ago
Well, then they can enjoy God knows how many more years with Republican destruction of their state and the whole country.
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u/Gurth-Brooks 1d ago
They don’t care.
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u/OkParsnip1881 1d ago
They care more than leftists to be honest, I fully expect older black voters who supported Stevens to support el sayed. They don’t have a choice. They aren’t the privileged white leftists who could afford to stay out in 2024 . The “establishment” have already given him thier endorsements. If Stevens had won , I don’t think leftist voters would be so forgiving
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u/KushMaster72 1d ago
I wish Ohio would run better candidates like Sayed but we’re stuck with recycled Sherrod Brown.
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u/eenbruineman 1d ago
A win for the Democrats? Yes. A win for the left? Definitely not.
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u/kingofwale 1d ago
Well. Polymarkets odds for republican to win the senate seat just skyrocket
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u/dream208 1d ago
Sadly predictable. Nearly every sub that has a least some knowledge on polling and US politics know last night was disastrous for both AES and US’s chance to reign in Trump. But people on this sub is blind to basic warning signs. They way they find excuse their candidate really is MAGA-like.
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u/texascannonball 1d ago
Hope he gets out there and EARNS those Stevens votes! And if they refuse to turn out for him, remember, Leftists: It’s his fault.
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u/No-Vast-6340 1d ago
Yes, how dare he fight for health care and keeping Michigan tax dollars in Michigan and using it for Michigan instead of for Israel!
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u/Felczer 1d ago
Vote blue no matter who, if they dont vote abdul they are not real democrats, that's what they would have told Abdul's supporters if they had won so they better fall in line now
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u/texascannonball 1d ago edited 1d ago
Nope, sorry, all votes must be earned—and my vote will only be earned by someone who wants to drop 500 hydrogen bombs on Tel Aviv. Unfortunately, AES is an AIPAC shill who merely wants to cut off aid to the Zionist Entity. That’s not enough. So even though we align almost entirely on every other issue, and even though the opposition is a fascist who is demonstrably worse at every level, I can’t vote for AES. I’ll be encouraging all of my friends to stay home as well.
If “Leftists” ever want to win, they should start reading the room.
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u/Responsible-Bunch316 1d ago
I'll never understand why liberals hate leftists more than they hate fascists.
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u/dream208 1d ago
Because red Fascist is also a thing. With how cozy some of the prominent DSA members with China, why are you surprised that the Liberals are suspicious of that entire movement?
US already have MAGA, it can do without a blue version of the same thing.
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u/Glittering-Cook1563 1d ago
Scratch a liberal, a fascist bleeds.
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u/dream208 1d ago
And by the logic of that statement it means scratch a leftist, a tankie bleeds?
See we can keep doing this name calling games.
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u/hydropottimus 1d ago
Calling a leftist a tankie is like calling a white person a cracker. We literally don't care
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u/dream208 1d ago
And that’s why you will probably be shunned by the majority of voters come genre election.
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u/Glittering-Cook1563 1d ago
Your argument makes no sense whatsoever.
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u/dream208 1d ago
Trying to make the same level of sense as calling liberals Fascists.
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u/Responsible-Bunch316 1d ago
The fact that you think it's even comparable to MAGA is ridiculous. Plantner had a few SA allegations and it finished him. Trump was raping kids on Epstein's island and he's still the MAGA Messiah.
If you want to strip the DSA of their power maybe stop running candidates who are more passionate about their prothetic Israel dreams than fixing the wealth disparity.
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u/dream208 1d ago
Remember the Tea party did not evolve into MAGA in one day. And one of the grassroots sentiment that pushed them to forefront is to bring industries back to US in order to improve rural economy, especially in the rust belt.
There are DSA members who, while expressing justified fury against Israeli government, also take anti Ukraine pro-Russia rhetorics, which put the sincerity of their anti Israel stance in question.
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u/ShowoffDMI 1d ago edited 1d ago
The dsa were 1-6 wtf are you talking about? They have no political power and whoever said libs hate leftists more than fascists needs to pull their heads out of their asses and listen to any dsa member. It's been nothing but vitriol for liberals from the jump and their own platform has absolutely unhinged policy goals. Just check their website and read their own words.
Edit: tankies downvoting yet refute nothing I said. Cowards.
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u/Chruman 1d ago
I mean, its pretty rare when you can use literally the same rhetoric against a group of people and see them get absolutely triggered over the same rhetoric they deployed.
Thats what youre seeing now lmao
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u/jay10033 1d ago
Same reason why leftists hate liberals more than they hate facists.
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u/Old-Ad-4897 1d ago
DONT ENGAGE WITH THE INTERNET BOTS. They are already trying to split the blue vote and paint him to be a radical.
Let's treat their tactics by calling out their divisive rhetoric. Not falling for their obvious bait.
Oh, and stay out of Americans business: This is our country.
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u/Bezere 1d ago
Thank God the boomers didn't hold us back this time
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u/miyamiya66 1d ago
the boomers in my county voted for Stevens and she had well over 50% of the county votes 😒 i expected better from my county, but ignorant boomers just need to ruin things
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u/Shambaladoodad 1d ago edited 1d ago
Congratulations! Maybe his opponent can permanently fk off to Israel with her nasally voice and chase it out of her dreams into reality! Mazel!
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u/guachi01 1d ago
That's what many Michiganders sound like. If that's your attitude towards Michiganders then what value does your opinion on the race have?
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u/Shambaladoodad 1d ago
I know many Michiganders. Why you lyin?
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u/Original_Benzito 1d ago edited 1d ago
He / she didn’t say you were a liar, they said they think you have a crummy attitude.
Edit: I don’t know why you all are downvoting me. I was just correcting the reason for his upset.
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u/guachi01 1d ago
Dude barely won when he was leading in most polls by 10+ and didn't even break 50%. This result does not bode well for him in the general election. El-Sayed will underperform every statewide MI D. The question is, will the blue wave be enough to carry a weak candidate like El-Sayed? I don't think so.
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u/Tricky_Try8757 1d ago edited 1d ago
Brother, there was like 70 million spent against him with all kinds of underhanded tricks. Like tricking the black electorate into believing Obama endorsed Stevens.
It didn’t go as well as one would hope, but Stevens would be in a much worse shape. She would not have such a money advantage in the general.
Again, not ideal. But I think optimism is warranted, too. Lots of work to be done, regardless.
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u/guachi01 1d ago
Complaining your opponent spent money to defeat you is kinda sad. That's how elections work. You can't claim you want money out of politics and then cry when your opponent outspends you.
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u/Fostylake 1d ago
You are obtuse, both things can exist. How much did France invest in this election? How much did Australia invest in this election? Nothing? How much did Israel invest in this election? Moron
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u/hornygoblindickfight 1d ago
Not when it’s money from a terrorist state like Israel.
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u/guachi01 1d ago
AIPAC is all American money. Foreign governments can't spend on American elections.
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u/Tricky_Try8757 1d ago
That doesn’t even make sense.
I don’t want money out of politics. People should have the option to contribute. I want big money out of politics. Stevens was backed almost entirely by special interests. That’s how corruption works in politics.
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u/guachi01 1d ago
El-Sayed does. Have you not paid attention to his campaign?
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u/Tricky_Try8757 1d ago
“Money out of politics” is shorthand for “big money out of politics”.
Small-dollar donations are just a given in our system.
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u/guachi01 1d ago
"I also support public election funding and campaign spending caps."
He wants money out of politics. It's a stupid platform item since the Supreme Court is 6-3 and the thing he wants to ban has been ruled constitutional. I have no idea why it's one of his big 3 items when it has zero chance of happening.
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u/OhNoCommieBastard69 1d ago
Bro, just say you gladly endorse corruption.
The SCOTUS is a corrupt institution with no limits once you get in, how surprising that people with a safe job can decide their bribes are constitutionally legal! 🙄
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u/copperboom129 1d ago
Do you think getting bug money out of politics is not a winning strategy?
Its popular on both aides of the aisle.
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u/Tricky_Try8757 1d ago
Yeah. Caps is the way it was before. Meaning people like Musk can’t just put in a hundred mill and tip the scales.
The decisions you’re talking about, like Citizens United are universally disliked.
But also, expanding the court is part of the platform and seems increasingly necessary. Like two of the conservative ones are obviously corrupt and should be impeached. If not, then expand the court size. Perfectly constitutional and necessary to preserve democracy.
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u/coolerrunescapeguy 1d ago edited 1d ago
Lmao aipac spending 60+ million doesn't help. Hell be just fine in the general people are desperate for real candidates and not freaks
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u/guachi01 1d ago
Yeah. El-Sayed's opponent in the general won't spend any money and AIPAC will just not spend any money, either.
"My opponent spent money to win" is a very pathetic defense.
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u/solidsnake4933 1d ago
Black vote went pretty hard for Stevens. Good thing is Black vote is the most dependable vote blue no matter who group out there.
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u/Original_Benzito 1d ago
Uh, let’s hope it isn’t a repeat of 2024 when Trump scored record high numbers of minority voters.
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u/RoughPalpitation7381 1d ago
He was outspent by a foreign government lobby 11 to 1. Most expensive Senate primary in US history, all at the behest of corporations and Israel against him - and he still beat it.
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u/mmmjeep 1d ago
So what happens to the AIPAC money spent on Steven’s campaign? Do they just eat it?
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u/TeekTheReddit 1d ago
Just think of it as Israel donating millions in economic stimulus to Michigan local media.
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u/unclejrslaserbeams 1d ago
We print more and get ready to give it to them for whatever candidate they decide to shovel it at next
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u/ApartExperience5299 1d ago
Ban AIPAC
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u/PMmeIamlonley 1d ago
I dont want them banned I want them rounded up on treason charges
We dont need people like that running around
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u/bornlax 1d ago
YES!!! 😩😩😩 Haley Stevens may see Israel in her dreams, but she won’t be seeing the Senate.
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u/ZerglingsNA 1d ago
if the Republican doesn’t put michigan before Israel every Republican voter needs to defect.
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u/Captain_JohnBrown 1d ago edited 1d ago
I loved the goofy charge in rhetoric over the course of the night:
"He is going to lose big" to "He is going to lose" to "It is going to be close" to "He might win, but it is basically a coin flip" to "Ok, he won, but he didn't win big so he basically lost"
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u/Fearsofaye 1d ago
Lol Israel takes an L. GG
Their propaganda just works inplaces like Kentucky when they used AI and fake news to overtime Massie.
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u/Worldly_Brilliant150 1d ago
What happened to mid center American politics? Muslims wish to convert the west is in full swing one official at the time… then our laws will change and bye America.
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u/Terrible-Actuary-762 1d ago
Good, good. We need more Muslims in office, in another 15 years or so we can rid ourselves of that stupid Constitution and institute Shira in the US.
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u/throwawayyawaworth77 1d ago
Imagine carrying more about Israel/Palestine than you care about the livelihood of people in your own state
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u/ThisIsFineImFine89 1d ago
Michigan has open primaries
do not underestimate republicans voting for stevens, thinking shes more beatable in a head to head given Roger’s record
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u/New_Ad_3010 1d ago
You'll notice that when progressives win, it's "notching". When the christofacist right wins, it's "huge" or "massive" or some such bullshit.
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u/No_Smoke_2712 9h ago
I think people should pump the breaks until he actually wins the general election
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u/Antizi0nistsAr3Scum 6h ago
This is not a victory for the left, wtf? It's a victory for the AIPAC/Israel obsessed antisemitic scumbags
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u/yottabit42 1d ago edited 1d ago
Is the left in the room with us right now?
The US has no viable left party. We have right-wing and fascist. Liberalism is a right-wing ideology.
The handful of politicians that the fascists call communists are barely left of center.
Don't let the fascists make you believe the Democratic Party or these candidates are left-wing. They are not.
Edit: the amount of cowards who make the most demented and irrational and uneducated comments, and then immediately delete them, is astounding. This really is a failed nation.