Alana Goodman

On the campaign trail, Michigan's left-wing Democratic Senate candidate, Abdul El-Sayed, has boasted that he "rebuilt" the troubled Wayne County Juvenile Detention Facility "from the studs" while serving as the Detroit-area county's health chief. Court filings, whistleblower reports, and state health records reviewed by the

In the wake of the U.S. strike that took out longtime Iranian terror chief Qassem Soleimani, a Reddit user posting under the handle "RevolutionaryCommie" denounced America's "ghoulish" and "disgusting" response to Soleimani's death, writing, "They are a disgraceful country." The comment earned an endorsement from left-wing Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner, who responded, "I can't disagree."

Left-wing Texas Senate candidate James Talarico says he opposes defunding the police and has a "proven track record" of supporting law enforcement. Perhaps that is true now, but in 2022, he called to slash police and prison budgets and redirect the money to social programs, a move he argued would "make prisons obsolete," video footage shows.

A cadre of left-wing strategists and Hollywood insiders with experience bringing celebrities and influencers to back Democrats quietly launched a new organization, Stage Left, dedicated to "content creation and issue amplification," corporate filings reviewed by the Washington Free Beacon show. The group's founding directors include Kamala Harris's "celebrity whisperer," Greg Propper, the man who led the Harris campaign's controversial strategy to shell out millions on celebrity appearances. His involvement indicates that Stage Left may serve as an entity through which Democrats can pay celebrities and influencers for political advocacy.

Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed spent most of his primary debate against Rep. Haley Stevens railing against Israel. He blamed the Jewish state for problems ranging from U.S. artificial intelligence policy to the national debt to the state of the Democratic Party under Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer.

Abdul El-Sayed's father-in-law, a top donor to a super PAC supporting the left-wing Michigan Senate hopeful, is among the top leaders of an Islamic organization identified by the federal government as a public facing group for the Muslim Brotherhood, a Washington Free Beacon review found. As part of his role with the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), which the federal government linked to the financing of Hamas, Tayeb Jukaku contributes at least $5,000 to the organization annually.

Left-wing Michigan Senate hopeful Abdul El-Sayed is running as a populist who rails against the wealthy. At the same time, he's been photographed on the campaign trail wearing an array of luxury watches worth thousands of dollars, a Washington Free Beacon review found. El-Sayed has even bemoaned the "perverse psychological consequences" of Rolex advertisements along the Michigan freeway. "How many people who drive this road can actually afford one of those?" he asked in his 2020 book

Left-wing Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed released two pages of his 2025 tax return showing $686,069 in total income, including $292,000 in "additional income" and $262,000 in capital gains, placing him in the top 1 percent of Michigan earners.

Left-wing Michigan Senate hopeful Abdul El-Sayed has railed against doctors who don't accept Medicaid, arguing that they "discriminate" against "black communities" and perpetuate "long-held deep racism and structural racism." That criticism would apply to his wife, a psychiatrist who operates a private practice that does not accept Medicaid, Medicare, or any other insurance.

Abdul El-Sayed's father-in-law gave another $100,000 to a super PAC backing the left-wing Michigan Senate candidate, bringing his total contributions to $300,000 and cementing him as the group's largest individual donor.