Kamala Harris is planning to campaign in Michigan alongside Abdul El-Sayed, joining him for a roundtable on Black maternal health as he runs in a competitive Senate race.
Republicans have repeatedly attacked El-Sayed, portraying him as the kind of "radical" liberal they say has taken over the Democratic Party, according to ABC News. Mike Rogers described El-Sayed as the "Democratic Socialists of America darling right now"1 and called the race "crazy versus common sense,"1 Breitbart reported, with Rogers adding that El-Sayed's supporters "believe that they can move the state and the country, by the way, to be more accepting of this socialism."1
A newspaper endorsement described Rogers as fitting a particular profile, stating "Mike Rogers is the prototype of a United States Senator,"2 according to Fox News, which noted the endorsement referenced his 14 years in the House, Army career, and private sector experience dealing with cybersecurity.
El-Sayed has leveled his own criticism at Rogers. Accusing Rogers of pushing to raise the retirement age nationally, El-Sayed wrote that "He's a corrupt coward who cares only about his and his donors' profits and nothing about people,"3 according to NBC News.
El-Sayed has described certain attacks against him as Islamophobic.
