Softballs For El-Sayed From Supine Jake Tapper
Jake Tapper’s pitches to Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed on CNN's State of the Union today were so soft that he would have been thrown out of a slow-pitch league.
Acosta Tells El-Sayed His Critics Are 'Steeped In Islamophobia'
Former CNN reporter and host Jim Acosta is the type of person who claims to believe that journalists need to speak truth to power and hold politicians accountable. However, when Acosta welcomed Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed to his Friday podcast, Acosta hosted a strategy planning session disguised as an interview as he wondered how El-Sayed would respond to his critics who are “…
Capehart: El-Sayed Is Not a Socialist, But Trump Is 'Openly Racist'
MS NOW host Jonathan Capehart joined PBS News Hour anchor Amna Nawaz and The Atlantic staff writer David Brooks on Friday to defend Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed from Brooks’s accusation of being a socialist. While that may have been a bridge too far for Capehart, he had no problem claiming President Trump’s new birthright citizenship executive orders were “openly racist” and “white…
MS NOW's Ruhle Fawns Over Liberal Pastor Senate Candidate for Kansas
On Wednesday's Money, Power, Politics, MS NOW host Stephanie Ruhle fawned over liberal pastor Adam Hamilton, who is the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate in Kansas.
Morning Joe Urges Democrats to Unite and Support Far-Left Candidates
MS NOW’s Morning Joe closed out the week of the aftermath of the victory of far-left Abdul El-Sayed (D-MI) in Michigan’s Senate primary on Friday with an imploration to Democrats, who may have reservations over the rise of democratic socialists and their positions, to still support their candidacies so they can “work together. Host Jonathan Lemire even likened the choice to the phrase, “Don’t…
Why Are Muslim American Politicians Uniformly Democrats?
Muslim Americans are increasingly getting involved in American politics. Most prominent are Democratic members of Congress Rashida Tlaib (MI-12), Ilhan Omar (MN-05), Andre Carson (IN-07), and Lateefah Simon (CA-12). Most prominent among several mayors is Democrat Zohran Mamdani in New York City.
Steele and Abrams Muse About GOP Wanting 'A Return to Jim Crow'
Michael Steele’s devolution from RNC chairman to being indistinguishable from any of his left-wing MS NOW colleagues was on full display again on Thursday as he filled in for former Biden White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki on The Briefing. At one point, Steele welcomed failed Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams to the show to accuse the GOP of wanting to bring back Jim Crow and…
Morning Joe Defends El-Sayed, Does Not Like Trump Mentioning 9/11
On Thursday’s Morning Joe, in continued reaction to far-left Abdul El-Sayed’s victory in Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary, the hosting crew of Willie Geist and Jonathan Lemire decided to defend El-Sayed from claims of communism and even socialism. They also showed great displeasure with President Trump’s call of communism as “The greatest threat to our country in its history” and invoked 9…
NewsBusters Podcast: Interviewers Go Suddenly Soft on Abdul el-Sayed
Journalists are often firmer with Democrats before they win a primary election. Then, when facing off against a Republican in the general, they go soft on the Democrat and rough on the Republican. That's already happening in the Michigan Senate race with Abdul el-Sayed vs. Mike Rogers.
Networks: ‘GOP Has Seized’ on El-Sayed’s Win With ‘Blistering Attack’
ABC, CBS, and NBC popped the clutch Thursday morning and went full-speed in defending “progressive” Michigan senatorial candidate Abdul el-Sayed, brushing off the “blistering attack” by President Trump and the GOP as a distraction from “Americans’ concerns over the economy” and proof they’ve “seiz[ed] on” some of his policy views.
MS NOW's Hillyard Doubles Down On Defending 'Capitalist' El-Sayed
MS NOW’s Vaughn Hillyard appointed himself as Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed’s top defender on Wednesday. After insisting earlier in the day that you can’t tie El-Sayed to Hasan Piker’s 9/11 comments even though he campaigned with Piker, Hillyard guest hosted The Beat and emphatically insisted that El-Sayed is a “self-described capitalist.”
The Most Interesting Parts of Kaitlan Collins’ Softball with El-Sayed
Abdul El-Sayed granted his first CNN interview since winning his contentious Michigan Senate Democrat primary to Kaitlan Collins. It was an unfortunate softball interview, with multiple wasted opportunities. Here are some moments from that interview.
MS NOW Downplays El-Sayed's Ties to Terrorist-Sympathizer Hasan Piker
This Tuesday night, radical Democrat Abdul El-Sayed was nominated to run in the Michigan Senate race by a narrow margin. This Wednesday morning, the media had already fallen into line, ready to defend their precious candidate. MS NOW Reports was immediately in on the action, opening with El-Sayed’s victory speech and quickly pivoting to discussions about the upcoming general election campaign…
Ruhle Compares ‘Practical’ El-Sayed Victory to Ukraine vs. Russia
As far-left Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed began to be declared the winner of the state’s Senate primary by media outlets, MS NOW’s Stephanie Ruhle began her praise of the candidate on her Money, Power, Politics morning-time show. She called El-Sayed “practical” because of his views for “Medicare for All and affordability,” while she also compared his win to Ukrainian…
