With Senate Control at Stake, Expect Obama To Campaign in Michigan and Urge ‘the Brothers’ To Back El-Sayed

President Obama will likely campaign for the far-left Democrat, Abdul El-Sayed, who just won Michigan’s Senate primary.The two spoke after the primary, and Dr. El-Sayed publicly said he hopes Mr. Obama will campaign for him. Michigan could determine control of the Senate, and Mr. Obama remains the most popular Democrat. Dr. El-Sayed won despite performing poorly among black primary voters. His coalition skewed younger, whiter, college-educated, and progressive. At Detroit, Michigan’s largest majority-black city, Dr. El-Sayed’s opponent won more than 60 percent of the Democratic Senate vote. That may work in a Democratic primary. Yet will it work in November?Enter Mr. Obama.During the 2024 presidential campaign, Mr. Obama visited a Vice President Harris campaign office at Pittsburgh and said he wanted to “speak some truths.” He complained that enthusiasm for Ms. Harris was weaker than when he ran and said the problem “seems to be more pronounced with the brothers.”Mr. Obama said: “You’re coming up with all kinds of reasons and excuses. I’ve got a problem with that,” he said, suggesting some black men “just aren’t feeling the idea of having a woman as president.”Apparently, some of “the brothers” remained unpersuaded. Pew Research Center’s validated-voter analysis later estimated that 21 percent of black men voted for President Trump. Nevertheless, Mr. Obama will probably go to Michigan and explain to black voters who rejected Dr. El-Sayed in the primary why they should vote for him in November. After all, Mr. Obama and Dr. El-Sayed are closely aligned on policy.Take healthcare. Dr. El-Sayed supports Medicare for All. Mr. Obama repeatedly said the ideal healthcare plan would be single-payer. “If I were starting a system from scratch,” Mr. Obama said in 2009, “then I think that the idea of moving towards a single-payer system could very well make sense.” Near the end of his second term, Mr. Obama said, “If I was starting from scratch, I probably would have supported a single-payer system.”The Senate majority leader, Harry Reid, called it a goal. Asked in 2013 whether Obamacare was ultimately a step toward single-payer healthcare, Reid answered, “Yes, yes. Absolutely, yes.”Like Mr. Obama, Dr. El-Sayed chastises “the rich” for “not paying their fair share in taxes.” Like Mr. Obama, who said racism is part of the America’s “DNA,” Dr. El-Sayed believes racism remains a serious problem.How far from Mr. Obama are these “far-left” Democrats? Last year, Mr. Obama called Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani during his campaign for New York City mayor, praised his campaign and reportedly offered to serve as a “sounding board.”On Israel, there isn’t much daylight between the two. Dr. El-Sayed has called the Israeli government “evil,” “bloodthirsty” and a “rogue state.” He declined to directly answer when asked, “Do you believe Israel has a right to exist?” Mr. Obama never went that far. He repeatedly defended Israel’s legitimacy and security.Yet Mr. Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu repeatedly clashed. Mr. Netanyahu fiercely opposed Mr. Obama’s Iran nuclear deal, warning that Tehran could not be trusted. Israel obtained an archive of Iranian nuclear documents that Mr. Netanyahu said proved Iran was lying about its nuclear-weapons activities and was not abiding by the terms of the deal. What explains Dr. El-Sayed’s weakness among black primary voters? In 2020, he explicitly said, “I believe we need to defund the police.” Polls show blacks want the level of policing in their community to remain the same, if not increased. Blacks are disproportionately victims of crime. Tupac Shakur said: “The same crime element that white people are scared of black people are scared of … Just because we black, we get along with the killers? What is that? We need protection, too.”Dr. El-Sayed wants to abolish ICE, despite studies showing a connection between unskilled illegal aliens and lower wages and greater unemployment among black workers in the same skill group.This brings us back to Mr. Obama. Dr. El-Sayed needs black voters who did not particularly want him. Democrats need Michigan to gain control of the Senate.So, expect the former president to show up. And when he does, Mr. Obama will give “the brothers” a message. You may not have wanted this candidate. His positions may be against your self-interests — but vote for him anyway.Creators.com

With Senate Control at Stake, Expect Obama To Campaign in Michigan and Urge ‘the Brothers’ To Back El-Sayed

With Senate Control at Stake, Expect Obama To Campaign in Michigan and Urge ‘the Brothers’ To Back El-Sayed

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