Ep. 2524 - I Watched All the Midterm Debates So You Don’t Have To

October 12, 2026

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Summary: What the Midterm Debates Actually Reveal

The episode opens with a clip of a University of Iowa student screaming "Fuck Israel, fuck Trump the pedophile" at Ben Shapiro during a Q&A session, then demanding a boxing match. Shapiro uses this as his thesis: the Democratic Party's "id" is now running openly for office, and the party has no functional higher thought operating above raw sloganeering and performative rage.

The Michigan Senate Race and the Muslim Brotherhood Question

The most consequential debate covered is the Michigan Senate race between Republican Mike Rogers and Democrat Abdurrahman El-Sayed. Shapiro argues El-Sayed is a "terrorist supporter" whose entire family has Muslim Brotherhood ties. He cites El-Sayed's mother working for the Islamic American Relief Agency until 2004, when the Treasury Department linked it to terrorism funding, and El-Sayed's father-in-law being a founding member of an organization that was an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation terrorism financing trial. El-Sayed's sister openly tweeted in 2012 that "my family has long been Muslim Brotherhood."

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What you'll learn

1 (00:06) **Opening: The Democratic "Id" on Display** - Ben Shapiro opens by playing a clip of a hostile college student shouting slogans, framing it as the unfiltered id of the modern Democratic Party.
2 (06:43) **Michigan Senate Debate: Abdurrahman El-Sayed vs. Mike Rogers** - Shapiro analyzes the Michigan debate, characterizing El-Sayed as a terrorist sympathizer and a liar.
3 (13:48) **Ilhan Omar's Home Raided by Federal Agents** - Shapiro reports breaking news of a Homeland Security raid on Ilhan Omar's home as part of an investigation into her immigration status.
4 (16:28) **New York Attorney General Debate: Letitia James vs. Saritha Komatireddy** - Shapiro critiques the debate, arguing Letitia James is incapable of defending her record and only talks about Donald Trump.
5 (20:22) **Texas Senate Race: The James Talarico Conspiracy** - Shapiro discusses the rumors surrounding James Talarico's two-week absence from the campaign trail, which he finds suspicious.
6 (29:30) **New Jersey Senate Debate: Justin Murphy vs. Cory Booker** - Shapiro highlights a strong performance by GOP candidate Justin Murphy as a model for how Republicans should defend the Trump administration.
7 (31:47) **The Cornell "Jane Doe" Case and Media Malpractice** - Shapiro argues that the media is deliberately omitting key evidence that exonerates the accused in the Cornell gang rape case.

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Show Notes

I explain why I had to tell a screaming student to shut the f*** up at University of Iowa; James Talarico goes missing, and we explain what we know; and we ought to execute more terrorists publicly – like all of them.

Ep. 2524

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