Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is pandering hard, following signs the black voting bloc may not be all-in for the Democratic Socialist.

Michigan’s upcoming Senate race tightened this week and was moved to a “toss-up” according to Fox News Power Ranking data.

Why? Because black voters aren’t “coming home to Democrats,” Fox News Politics reported on X.

Black voters aren’t coming home to Democrats — and it’s reshaping the 2026 map.

Only 69% of Black Americans say they’ll support a Democrat in their district, 21 points below Biden’s 2020 share of the Black vote. In Michigan, far-left Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed is pulling just… pic.twitter.com/i4xRa4iFaF

— Fox News Politics (@foxnewspolitics) August 18, 2026

So, it should come as no surprise that El-Sayed is out there claiming to be “African.”

Michigan Democrat Abdul El-Sayed desperately attempts to appeal to black voters who overwhelmingly voted for his opponent in the primary:

“I’m also African.” pic.twitter.com/cgnJH6VNve

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) August 19, 2026

Plenty of X users blasted the Senate hopeful’s timely and historically sketchy declaration:

Abdul was asked this by a Black reporter working for a Black newspaper in Michigan because he was just heckled by a Black voter who said Abdul doesn’t care about Black people

— DSA Watch (@DSA_Watch) August 19, 2026

He says, “there’s been an effort to divide people against each other.” What a joke. It’s the democrat party’s primary strategy. They put every American in a box and then create animosity. For Abdul to say this just exemplifies again how democrats project everything onto others.

— Abes (@SpartanMatt01) August 19, 2026

Black Americans are not African; we have no connection, history, or culture we share with any African country. Playing the I am African” card to Black Americans isn’t a winning strategy. Someone needs to educate Abdul about Black Americans.

— Hojo67🇺🇸 (@ados_strong) August 19, 2026

Abdul El-Sayed to Black Americans: “I am African”
Black Americans to Abdul El-Sayed: “We’re Americans” pic.twitter.com/wHhbQTmNg2

— American Politic (@rosewdc) August 19, 2026

His radical Islamic brothers are killing millions of black Africans in subsahara Africa. Nigeria, Sudan, Niger, Congo, Burkina Faso, Mali , Cameroon etc.

— Dr. Osita (@ndubisi2287) August 19, 2026

In America North Africans are considered white

You are not Black you are not the descendant of enslaved but rather the descendants of enslavers and colonizers

Next… https://t.co/JtVLm8O4UU

— Desichica2005 (@Desichica2005) August 19, 2026

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