El-Sayed Slams Opponents Using His Full Name Against Him: ‘Keep the Name Out Your Damn Mouth’

Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed called out his opponents for attempting to use his full name as a smear.

El-Sayed, 41, defeated moderate Haley Stevens in the Democratic primary. He’ll take on Republican Mike Rogers in November’s general election.

The son of Egyptian immigrants — whose full name is Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed — went after Rogers and other Republicans during a victory speech Wednesday for deliberately using his full name in an effort to smear him.

“But right now, as bitter and as divisive and as cynical as the campaign against us might have been, I want us to realize that there is so much more that unites us now,” El-Sayed told supporters.

“Because the campaign that Mike Rogers and Donald Trump, and their GOP MAGA allies, are launching is already more bitter. All you gotta do is look at the ads you’re already watching on TV, starting today.

“They think they want to use my whole name against me. Mike, listen, man, if you can’t say the name — it’s Abdulrahman — keep the name out of your damn mouth. I’ll be happy to give you lessons.”

Republicans in the past have used the same tactic in regard to former President Barack Obama — whose middle name is Hussein. El-Sayed’s opponents have tried to paint him as hating the country over his criticisms of the U.S. government and its unconditional aid to Israel.

Later in the presser, El-Sayed was asked about the strategy of using his full name.

“That’s the best you got?” he said. “You can’t actually talk about what you wanna do? My name is not raising your gas prices. My name is not taking us to war. My name is not the reason you can’t afford your groceries. You know what is? Their BS policies.”

To many, El-Sayed’s win gave the recent progressive movement within the Democratic Party more legitimacy.

When a trio of Democratic Socialists won their primaries in New York in June, some were unimpressed because the victories came in a blue state.

A progressive candidate like El-Sayed winning in a battleground state like Michigan, however, is a sign that the party moving further to the left nationwide.

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