Trump Blasts Michigan Nominee Abdul El-Sayed After Sub-1-Point Primary Win
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Updated · Fox News · Aug 6
Trump Blasts Michigan Nominee Abdul El-Sayed After Sub-1-Point Primary Win
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 6
Summary
Hours after Abdul El-Sayed won Michigan's Democratic Senate primary by less than 1 percentage point, Donald Trump used a Las Vegas speech to call him "full of s---" and cast him as a symbol of Democratic extremism.
Trump said Democrats are no longer stopping at socialism but "embracing communism," calling it the greatest threat to the United States and citing Venezuela as his warning example.
The White House quickly amplified that message on social media, while Trump told supporters Republicans must stop what he described as the party's leftward shift.
El-Sayed, backed by Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, now faces Republican Mike Rogers in November for the Senate seat being vacated by retiring Sen. Gary Peters.
The clash sharpens the stakes in one of 2026's most closely watched Senate races, with Republicans expected to tie El-Sayed's progressive platform to the broader democratic socialist movement.