{"id":7396,"date":"2026-07-28T04:09:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T04:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=7396"},"modified":"2026-07-28T04:09:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T04:09:08","slug":"stevens-and-el-sayed-trade-personal-attacks-and-other-takeaways-from-the-michigan-senate-primary-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=7396","title":{"rendered":"Stevens and El-Sayed trade personal attacks and other takeaways from the Michigan Senate primary debate"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>\n            The stark choice facing Michigan\u2019s Democratic voters in the August 4 Senate primary was on display Monday night, as the two candidates closed their final debate by pitching themselves as best positioned to win a general election that could tip the balance of power in the chamber.\n    <\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=7392\">Fact check: Trump is approaching 10 years of telling his Michigan \u2018Man of the Year\u2019 lie<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n            Rep. Haley Stevens name-dropped a powerful ally, two-term Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, for the fifth and final time that evening. She bragged that she\u2019d won in a Republican-leaning congressional district northwest of Detroit. And she said she \u201cwill be Michigan\u2019s workhorse.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Her progressive rival, former public health official Abdul El-Sayed, vowed to be independent from corporate and foreign interests he said have too much influence in both parties.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cYou\u2019ve got to have something you\u2019re fighting for,\u201d he said.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            El-Sayed and Stevens are facing off in the highest-stakes Democratic primary of the 2026 midterm elections \u2014 one that pits a progressive favorite against an establishment-backed moderate in one of the nation\u2019s most important battleground states.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            The winner will face Republican former Rep. Mike Rogers in November, as Democrats seek to hold onto the seat of retiring Sen. Gary Peters. Without doing so, the party\u2019s chances of winning the net four-seat gain they need to claim the Senate majority would all but evaporate.\n    <\/p>\n<div>\n<header>\n<span>\n      Related article\n    <\/span>\n<\/header>\n<section>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Democratic US Senate candidate Abdul Al-Sayed speaks to reporters following a Sunday service at New Bethel Missionary Church in Pontiac, Michigan, on Sunday, July 26.\" class=\"wp-image-7395\" height=\"144\" src=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/59174f44e275b1d50c3dcdc6fc59d6f2.jpg\" width=\"256\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<span>Democratic US Senate candidate Abdul Al-Sayed speaks to reporters following a Sunday service at New Bethel Missionary Church in Pontiac, Michigan, on Sunday, July 26.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<figcaption>Emily Elconin for CNN<\/figcaption>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n<span>Black voters may decide the nation\u2019s biggest Democratic primary. Many are clearly against the more progressive option<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<div>12  min read<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            Here are three takeaways from their debate Monday night on FOX 2 Detroit:\n    <\/p>\n<h2>\n        Who\u2019s the \u2018ogre\u2019?\n<\/h2>\n<p>\n            The hourlong debate featured a series of personal barbs \u2014 but the candidates began a discussion about the bitter nature of the campaign with El-Sayed seeking to make clear that one of his sharpest attacks was actually not directed at Stevens.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            On Monday morning, Politico reported that he\u2019d said at a recent virtual donor meeting that he could advance the progressive movement by helping to \u201cput one ogre on a pike\u201d \u2014 comments many took as a reference to Stevens.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            The \u201cogre\u201d El-Sayed had in mind, he said Monday night, is actually Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman. El-Sayed said the freshman Democratic senator \u201cgot elected on a set of values, and is now completely throwing those values in the mud.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            On the subject of \u201cunkindness,\u201d El-Sayed pivoted to address television advertisements by a group funded by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee that cast him as having a history of disparaging women. The 41-year-old argues that the ad campaign takes out of context his past remarks about former first lady Michelle Obama; Whitmer, the popular Democratic governor who defeated El-Sayed in a 2018 primary; and state Sen. Mallory McMorrow, who dropped out of the Senate race earlier this month.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cI\u2019m the father of two daughters. I\u2019m raising them to be stronger than any man. My wife is a doctor. My mother was the first tenured professor of engineering at her university. I was raised by strong women,\u201d El-Sayed said. \u201cTo say that somehow, because I wrote an op-ed 15 years ago about what first lady Michelle Obama said, or I ran against Gov. Whitmer, that somehow I\u2019m disrespecting anybody is just inconsistent with the truth.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            He also noted that he had urged supporters to refrain from attacking Stevens on personal terms.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Still, the congresswoman pounced, recounting some of those El-Sayed comments in her own words.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cLook, Abdul\u2019s a great guy. He\u2019s a great father. Only he can account for saying that Whitmer\u2019s bought and paid for, or that, you know, no one cares about Debbie Stabenow, or that Mallory McMorrow isn\u2019t smart enough,\u201d she said. \u201cThat is certainly on him to respond to, which we certainly just did hear from him on that.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            El-Sayed responded that \u201cin an effort to talk about civility, I just took another attack, and I just want you to ask yourself, what is it that you deserve from your politics now?\u201d\n    <\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=7390\">Trump asks Supreme Court to let him curtail mail voting<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n            Just before the moderator moved on to another topic, Stevens interjected one last time.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cThank you for clarifying that you didn\u2019t call me an ogre,\u201d she said.\n    <\/p>\n<h2>\n        AIPAC\u2019s divisive spending\n<\/h2>\n<p>\n            Tens of millions of dollars in AIPAC-linked spending on TV ads targeting El-Sayed have played a critical role in the Michigan race \u2014 potentially damaging him, but also providing fodder for the progressive\u2019s calls to get big money out of politics and his efforts to link Stevens to Israel\u2019s war in Gaza.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Stevens said she would \u201cabsolutely not\u201d do AIPAC\u2019s bidding if she wins, but also said she does have differences with El-Sayed over the future of Israel and the Palestinian people.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cI believe in a two-state solution. He has attacked me by name for purporting that the people of Palestine and the people of Israel deserve to live side by side peacefully. The goal is always long-term peace,\u201d she said.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            El-Sayed said AIPAC supports Stevens because \u201cthey know she\u2019ll be a reliable vote.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<div>\n<header>\n<span>\n      Related article\n    <\/span>\n<\/header>\n<section>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Former President Barack Obama speaks in Norfolk, Virginia, on November 1, 2025.\" class=\"wp-image-7335\" height=\"144\" src=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ebb7293628a291e02126176e53b85339.jpg\" width=\"256\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<span>Former President Barack Obama speaks in Norfolk, Virginia, on November 1, 2025.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<figcaption>Win McNamee\/Getty Images<\/figcaption>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n<span>Barack Obama hasn\u2019t endorsed a Michigan Senate candidate. An AIPAC-linked group is spending millions on ads with him anyway<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<div>9  min read<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            He predicted that those watching the debate would see an ad or two during a commercial break at its half-hour mark attacking him.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cI believe in equal rights to peace, dignity and self-determination for Palestinians and Jewish Israelis alike. I believe that we should not be fighting stupid wars that AIPAC wants us to fight in the first place. And I believe we have a responsibility to keep our money here to invest here,\u201d he said. \u201cThat really is the difference.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<h2>\n<strong>Political insider vs. outsider<\/strong>\n<\/h2>\n<p>\n            The clearest window into the differences between El-Sayed and Stevens came during a discussion about immigration policy. Both are critical of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions under President Donald Trump, but El-Sayed has repeatedly called for abolishing ICE.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Stevens said she is working in Congress to stop \u201cabuses of power\u201d by the Trump administration in its mass deportation efforts. \u201cNot shouting into a bullhorn, not getting in front of the first camera I see, but doing the hard work,\u201d she said, before criticizing El-Sayed\u2019s work in recent years in more personal terms.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cMy opponent here, Abdul \u2014 he is such a talented guy. He\u2019s written three books. He\u2019s had 300 podcasts. You know, he\u2019s had all this attention,\u201d she said. \u201cBut the deal is, is we don\u2019t need a celebrity candidate. We don\u2019t need a celebrity senator. We need somebody who\u2019s committed to six years of hard, unglamorous work that\u2019s going to stand up to this junk that is wreaking havoc and causing chaos right before our very eyes.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<div>\n<header>\n<span>\n      Related article\n    <\/span>\n<\/header>\n<section>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Abdul El-Sayed, a Democratic US Senate candidate for Michigan, speaks to volunteers during a canvassing event at Riverside Park in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on July 7.\" class=\"wp-image-6296\" height=\"144\" src=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/938ef1065fc51831a22add607da905bd.jpg\" width=\"256\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<span>Abdul El-Sayed, a Democratic US Senate candidate for Michigan, speaks to volunteers during a canvassing event at Riverside Park in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on July 7.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<figcaption>Kristen Norman\/AP<\/figcaption>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n<span>Michigan Democrats are angry at their party. Abdul El-Sayed thinks he knows why<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<div>13  min read<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            El-Sayed responded that Stevens has voted to increase ICE\u2019s funding in the past, arguing that stopping short of calling for the agency\u2019s abolition is \u201cexactly the kind of cowardice that we don\u2019t need from Democrats.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cSo yeah, I\u2019m going to take the bullhorn and I\u2019m going to say that I think we need to abolish ICE because I am not afraid of what they\u2019re going to say about me,\u201d he said.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            As for his podcast, which he hosted for \u201cPod Save America\u201d parent company Crooked Media until last year, El-Sayed said: \u201cCongresswoman, if you enjoy podcasts about public health, I welcome you to take a listen. You seem very concerned about that. I\u2019m more concerned about the fact that people can\u2019t pay for their gas, they can\u2019t pay for their groceries.\u201d\n    <\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=7381\">Trump urges Senate to pass legislation ending clock changes<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The stark choice facing Michigan\u2019s Democratic voters in the August 4 Senate primary was on display Monday night, as the two candidates closed their final debate by pitching themselves as best positioned to win a general election that could tip the balance of power in the Senate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7393,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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