A former president stoked the ire of a champion basketball player as a “desperate psyop” in his home state became the latest example of political pandering.
Suggestive of anything but a blue wave washing over Capitol Hill on Election Day, former President Barack Obama has been dragged out by the Democrats to stump for nominees throughout the country. Saturday, this meant rallying in Detroit, Michigan, for Senate hopeful Abdul El-Sayed, where comments about religion found Milwaukee Bucks player Kyle Kuzma asking, “What are we talking about[?]”
Before promoting Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson’s (D) gubernatorial bid, the “hope and change” politician sounded as obtuse as late musician John Lennon as he said of El-Sayed and Seditious Six Sen. Elissa Slotkin, “Imagine the power duo of Abdul and Elissa.”
“You got a Muslim man, you got a Jewish woman, fighting for you in the United States Senate. That’s something, Michigan, you can be proud of,” virtue-signaled the president, prompting Kuzma to react that “this desperate psyop is unbearable to watch in Michigan. so tired of listening to it.”
this desperate pysop is unbearable to watch in Michigan. so tired of listening to it. 1 in 4 black people in Michigan are below the poverty line and the message is Muslim/jewish duo is what we’re talking about. Last thing that Michiganders care about is a religious identity pitch. And on top of that Michigan is a state where the population of Muslims and Jews are both 1 percent. What are we talking about
— kuz (@kylekuzma) October 25, 2026
Elaborating on his view, the power forward wrote, “1 in 4 black people in Michigan are below the poverty line and the message is Muslim/jewish duo is what we’re talking about. Last thing that Michiganders care about is a religious identity pitch. And on top of that Michigan is a state where the population of Muslims and Jews are both 1 percent. What are we talking about[?]”
Obama’s appearance in Detroit came only days after El-Sayed aimed to appeal to black voters whom he suggested have likely only had negative experiences interacting with people that “look like” him. Unlike many of his peers who alter their manner of speech based on the crowd they’re addressing, the politician instead opted to order two pieces of fried chicken.
HAHAHAHAHAHA it was fried chicken https://t.co/J6Wmn6lJlJ
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) October 20, 2026
While the Democrat figurehead’s remarks appeared as an attempt to assuage oft-stated concerns regarding the Senate hopeful’s connections to terrorist organizations — so much so that President Donald Trump called for El-Sayed to have to go through a metal detector before entering government offices should he be elected — it remained that Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel had avoided her own party’s convention in August out of fear of harassment as a Jew.
Kuzma’s criticism of Obama followed a reaction to New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) earlier in the year that spoke to those peddling the appearance of action in lieu of actual accomplishments.
After the Islamunist mayor admitted that he lacked the authority to follow through on the campaign promise to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the basketballer wrote on X, “This is 2026. People cosplaying as things they don’t have the authority, the talent, or the track record to actually be. Just for content. A mayor playing president … Everyone auditioning. Nobody building. We’re raising a generation that [is] learning the reward isn’t in doing the thing, it’s in looking like you did the thing. The clip is the career. The pose is the product. The soundbite is the substitute for a life’s work.”
Kuzma concluded, “Don’t fall for distractions.”
Native of Brooklyn, NY, Kevin Haggerty is a graduate of Hunter College where he studied Cultural Anthropology and Geography. An avid reader and truth seeker, he currently resides in Texas with his wife and their dog and, when he isn't researching current events and their impacts, you'll find him spending time with friends and family or working on his next novel.
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