Michigan Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed is already enmeshing himself with the likes of Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Michigan.
El-Sayed’s rising stardom within the Democratic Party is a sight to behold. A political group that lost badly to Trump in 2024 and spent the next two years wandering in search of an ideology that would resonate with voters suddenly has a new breath of life thanks to El-Sayed and the DSA candidates winning in deep-blue areas. Even older party members such as Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-New York, have been forced to embrace the new socialists that are suddenly preventing the collapse of the “big tent.”
And it would appear that he fits right in with the more radical party members like Tlaib, who he says gives “big sister” energy.
Look:
Abdul El-Sayed on Democrat Socialist Rashida Tlaib:
“Rashida’s like my older sister…every time I make a mistake I get the text message, she’s like…very much older sister energy.” pic.twitter.com/cQdNaXbN8C
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) August 11, 2026
“So I got to grow up watching Rashida be an elected official, so Rashida’s like my older sister. Every time I make a mistake, I get a text message, she’s like, very much older sister energy and I’m like ‘I’m sorry,'” El-Sayed said, causing everyone in the room to crack up. “The point that I’m making is, what better joy and appreciation than to have someone looking out for you who has been there before?”
X users reacted to the clip:
Everyone at that table needs to be removed from any kind of power and if applicable, removed from the country. They don’t have American values.
— TiTanAmerica (@TiToMonster1) August 11, 2026
I promised I wouldn’t get choked up when she takes the training wheels off his suicide vest.
— hutch carey (@hutch1550) August 11, 2026
This Rashida Tlaib?
The one who thinks Israel “exists” to the “detriment” of Palestinians? pic.twitter.com/8gtdH5NgB5
— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) August 11, 2026
Use his full name damn it.
Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed— James (@James6146392761) August 12, 2026
@MIGOP why aren’t you showing all of these clips constantly on TV. What about El-Sayed’s comments about the trans shooter in Tennessee??? Get off of your azzes and start destroying his campaign by showing the people of Michigan what that evil liar has said about Michigan, it’s…
— Something Must Change (@Sit4Something) August 11, 2026
Democrat Socialist does not mean anything. As a matter of fact it’s stupid.
Muslims are soldiers of Allah, Jihadists, Islamists and Islamic terror sympathizers and can’t be Americans. The Koran is not compatible with our Founding Fathers and our Constitution.— No Romance (@11Bobito) August 11, 2026
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