09/20/2026
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The Detroit News has spent a decade ripping into Donald Trump and MAGA. It's never once endorsed him โ not in 2016, not in 2020, not in 2024. So when that same editorial board turned its full attention to Democrat Abdul El-Sayed this week, the verdict landed with extra weight: '๐๐ต'๐ด ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ.'
The board's biggest complaint wasn't policy โ it was concealment. El-Sayed has ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ข๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ that reportedly questioned his attitude toward America after 9/11, and scrubbed roughly ๐๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐๐จ๐ฌ that paint an unflattering picture of his views. The News didn't mince words: '๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ท๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐บ ๐ข๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ช๐จ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ญ.'
The editorial also flagged El-Sayed's ideological alignment with America- and Jew-hating influencer Hasan Piker, and his friendliness with the party's democratic-socialist wing โ warning he'd '๐ท๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ค๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ค ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐บ'๐ด ๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ' and join the ranks of Michigan's anti-Israel delegation. Even his signature campaign credential took a hit: '๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ ๐๐ญ-๐๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐บ๐ด๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ฏ, ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ.'
By contrast, the News called Mike Rogers '๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฐ๐ต๐บ๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ' โ a seven-term congressman with a background in the FBI and cybersecurity whose '๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ, ๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ๐ญ๐บ ๐ท๐ข๐ถ๐ญ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ'๐ด ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ด.' '๐๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ช๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐จ๐ข๐ฏ'๐ด ๐.๐. ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ต,' the board wrote, while El-Sayed '๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ด ๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ด.'
This isn't a paper carrying water for Trump โ the same editorial insisted his policies '๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ, ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ' Michigan, before conceding '๐ท๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข ๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฑ.' That's how bad El-Sayed's own paper trail looks: even his hometown's most reliably anti-Trump voice couldn't stomach him. The race is still ๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ โ RealClearPolling's average has El-Sayed up two points โ which makes this endorsement a live gr***de in the final stretch.
๐๐ ๐ ๐ง๐๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐๐ค๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฉ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ง'๐ญ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฎ๐๐ก ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐๐ฅ-๐๐๐ฒ๐๐, ๐ฐ๐ก๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ก๐ข๐ ๐๐ง?
