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5 min readIn the Democratic primary for Michigan’s open Senate seat, Abdul El-Sayed won by about one percentage point. His victory coalition, as Ben Shapiro details, was a narrow but potent blend: heavily Muslim precincts in Dearborn and Hamtramck, plus the wealthiest and most educated counties in the state. Black voters, poor voters, and working-class whites largely preferred his opponent, Representative Haley Stevens. Shapiro argues this is not an accident but the emerging shape of the Democratic Party—a “red-green alliance” between radical Islamists and the far left, united by a shared hostility to America, Israel, capitalism, and the constitutional order. He treats El-Sayed’s nomination as a case study in how a hardened, ideologically extreme voting bloc can be used as a base, then supplemented with elite progressive support, to capture a major-party nomination.
The El-Sayed record and the Democratic response
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- 1 (02:04) **Thesis: Radical Islam Has Invaded the Democratic Party** - Shapiro introduces the core argument that Democrats are embracing Muslim Brotherhood fellow travelers and terrorism defenders, pointing to Abdul El-Sayed's Senate nomination in Michigan as the prime example.
- 2 (03:16) **Introducing Abdul El-Sayed: The Democratic Nominee for Senate in Michigan** - Shapiro profiles El-Sayed, arguing his radical views on terrorism, Israel, and policing make him unfit for office.
- 3 (07:03) **El-Sayed's 9/11 Equivalence and Other Radical Positions** - Shapiro reviews El-Sayed's social media history, showing he equates the 9/11 attacks with the US response to them, and advocates for defunding the police.
- 4 (09:57) **The "Red-Green Alliance": Islamists and Communists Unite** - Shapiro explains his long-standing thesis that radical Islamists and far-left communists have formed a coalition to destroy the West, and El-Sayed is a product of this alliance.
- 5 (11:21) **How El-Sayed Won: The New Democratic Coalition** - Shapiro analyzes the voting demographics of El-Sayed's primary win, showing he won with rich white voters and Muslims, while losing working-class and black voters.
- 6 (13:28) **General Election Implications and Democratic Embrace** - Shapiro argues El-Sayed's nomination actually helps Republicans, but the bigger issue is the Democratic Party's full-throated embrace of him.
- 7 (17:12) **Fetterman vs. the Party: The Only Democrat with a Spine** - Shapiro highlights Senator John Fetterman's refusal to support El-Sayed, and El-Sayed's subsequent threat to primary Fetterman, which Shapiro frames as a battle for the soul of the party.
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The Democratic Party has decided to ingest radical Islam wholesale – it’s just a part of the big tent now; we announce the release of the biggest, most audacious, most kickass film Daily Wire has ever made; and Tucker Carlson doesn’t launch a third party, but he does bitch a lot.
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