National Political Director/Spox @RJC | @JohnsHopkins, @GeorgetownLaw alum | Psalm 97:11 | New York Native | Views decidedly mine. 🇺🇸
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Samuel Markstein retweeted
On Election Eve, Congresswoman Haley Stevens, a lifelong Democrat in Michigan: “Abdul El-Sayed is not fit to serve in the United States Senate.”
Samuel Markstein retweeted
Abdul El-Sayed praises and celebrates bigoted terrorist sympathizers, but refused to even be seen with Democrat Congresswoman Haley Stevens.
Vote like your future depends on the outcome, Michigan--because it does.
New footage from this event
El-Sayed praises Osama Siblani (who calls Hamas "freedom fighters") for his "leadership" and says "we stand on the shoulders of giants."
El-Sayed will stand with terrorism sympathizers, but not Haley Stevens.
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Samuel Markstein retweeted
Abdul El-Sayed's closing message is to spit in the face of patriotic Michiganders.
🚨EXCLUSIVE:
Lebanon’s Top Diplomat in Detroit Praised Hezbollah's 1983 Marine Barracks Suicide Bombing as 'Heroic Resistance'
Ibrahim Charara, the general consul for Detroit, attended a banquet alongside Abdul El-Sayed last week (photo below)
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Samuel Markstein retweeted
Leading Democrats are angrier at Haley Stevens for endorsing Mike Rogers than they are at Abdul El-Sayed for campaigning with deranged America-hating, Jew-hating bigots.
El Sayed courted voters at mosques where speakers dubbed US 'House of Satan' and called for 'final annihilation of Jews' trib.al/Z9uvLco
Samuel Markstein retweeted
This post from @wildforcongress sums up the lunatic left maybe better than anything I’ve ever read in my life. In a nutshell she says
“I know @HaleyforMI better than anybody else and she’s is an awesome, caring, smart, thoughtful person who has worked her ass off for Michigan. However she is now the devil for 1 reason and 1 reason only. She won’t ignore her moral compass and blindly vote for Abdul Sayed despite his glaring and well documented red flags”
Susan Wild and her ilk are too demented to realize this post says alot more about her lack of courage, ethics and morals than it does Stevens. Basically what Wild is saying is that it doesnt matter if the Dems put a Nazi on the ballot (they did in Maine) a communist, a socialist or a terrorist sympathizer she wont ask questions and will blindly follow the herd. That would have been the easy thing for Stevens to do but she is not gutless and a coward like Susan Wild. With friends like @wildforcongress who needs enemies
I know @HaleyforMI way better than most people on X. She and I came into Congress together in 2018. She was co-Prez of our freshman class. She was incredibly kind to me when my late partner died; she organized a big group of our class to come to the House floor to support me when I spoke about his suicide. We were roommates in 2023, after my wonderful first roomie lost her election; both my adult kids know Haley well and are on a texting basis with her. We’ve socialized and we have good friends in common. While she and I differ on one impt issue, specifically Israel and AIPAC support, I’ve never publicly challenged her on those things, because I felt that her good points outweighed the issues I disagreed with her on. Today, that changes. 👇
Haley’s endorsement of Rogers in the MI senate race is appalling. Not because he’s a Republican, but because what he stands for is what she, and I, and our caucus has fought so hard against. Rogers is a 100% anti-choice politician. He is a Trump loyalist. He’s shown his Islamophobia in his many remarks against @AbdulElSayed, and with this endorsement, Haley has shown that she agrees with his positions. I’m shocked by Haley’s endorsement. I’m terribly sad and disappointed. I’m furious and will be more so if we lose the MI senate race. So many people in the Democratic Party have shown so much support to Haley over the years, and she has betrayed them all. If this is because of her new relationship (about which many of us were so happy for her after she lost the primary), all I can say is that any woman who abandons her friends when a new guy comes along is no friend at all. The fallout for Haley won’t just be in Dem politics; she will be a pariah among her friends in the Democratic caucus in Congress. Only she will be able to decide whether it was worth it.
Samuel Markstein retweeted
To our friends in Michigan's Jewish community, including the tens of thousands who have voted Democrat their entire adult lives: this is the election for real change and action.
There are more than 100,000 Jewish voters in the Wolverine State. We are not a rounding error, we are the decisive margin.
@MikeRogersForMI has earned your vote. 🇺🇸
I’m honored to earn Congresswoman Stevens’ endorsement and her vote.
After Congresswoman Stevens endorsed Abdul El-Sayed, he had every opportunity to welcome her into his campaign. Instead of moving beyond the anger and dismissiveness he showed her in the Primary, he leaned in and continued to run a campaign based on hate.
Congresswoman Stevens showed courage and bravery in putting Michigan first. She spent her career in Congress delivering for Michiganders, and her decision to support our campaign is no different. We agree on our love of Country, supporting minority businesses, investing in Michigan’s future, fixing Michigan’s crippling education system, and putting Michiganders first.
As a lifelong Democrat known for her bipartisan work, the Congresswoman understands that Michigan is a purple state. It is the soul of our nation, and I would be honored to earn support from Democrats across Michigan who believe in saving Michigan – from our education crisis to our sky high prices and depleted housing market. Our kids deserve to grow up in the same Michigan we did, and they deserve to raise their families here too.
I’m grateful for her support, and I look forward to continuing our partnership when I am in the U.S. Senate.
Samuel Markstein retweeted
Chuck Schumer is a lowlife and disgrace to the American Jewish community.
Haley Stevens showed tremendous courage, putting country over party.
Chuck could learn something from Haley. Too bad he’s a partisan hack.
Samuel Markstein retweeted
Thank you, Congresswoman @HaleyforMI.
Mike Rogers is bringing Michiganders of all stripes together — Democrats, Republicans, and Independents — to his campaign.
Get out and VOTE for @MikeRogersForMI, Michigan! 🇺🇸
Samuel Markstein retweeted
To our friends in Michigan's Jewish community, including the tens of thousands who have voted Democrat their entire adult lives: this election is the moment for real change and action.
@MikeRogersForMI has earned your vote.
Samuel Markstein retweeted
"I'm worried that if El-Sayed gets elected, it will start a snowball of antisemitism getting even worse than it already is here."
"Historically I've always voted Democrat—but there's NO WAY I could do it now. I could never vote for El-Sayed."
Before Election Day, WATCH lifelong Jewish Democrats explain why they will NOT be supporting El-Sayed:
Samuel Markstein retweeted
Vote like your future depends on the outcome, Michigan — because it does. 🇺🇸
Lifelong Jewish Democrat Lauren Slutsky explains to 600+ of her fellow Michiganders why it is so important to put community safety over party loyalty:
“Our grandparents taught us what can happen when hatred goes unchallenged, and people remain silent. We owe it to them and our children to speak up. I will not be silent. I will not look away. And I will not put party loyalty ahead of Jewish safety.”
Vote like your future depends on the outcome of Tuesday’s election–because it does. @MikeRogersForMI has earned the trust and support of Jewish Michiganders. #RJCinMI
This is a MUST WATCH from Senator @tedcruz totally eviscerating Abdul El-Sayed and his decades-long support for the Muslim Brotherhood:
Samuel Markstein retweeted
Abdul El-Sayed is a conman.
@MikeRogersForMI exposed him. WATCH:
“As an FBI guy, if [Abdul] applied he wouldn’t make it through the first four pages. He’s lied about his resume; he’s not a physician. He’s lied about dual citizenship in Egypt, he’s lied about being a North African immigrant. He lied to the camera, to the American people, to us, that he has no relationship with the Muslim Brotherhood. But yet, we’re thinking of sending him to the United States Senate? And what committee did he tell the press he wanted to serve on? Foreign Relations.”
#RJCinMI
Samuel Markstein retweeted
This is not about how Abdul El-Sayed prays. It is about his ideology and what he thinks–he is dangerous and too radical for Michigan.
@MikeRogersForMI at the RJC Community Conversation:
Abdul El-Sayed “is funded by groups that support openly the Muslim Brotherhood. He has donations from people who openly support Hamas and Hezbollah. In the FBI, there’s 'amounting evidence', and at a certain point you go, “That’s a clue”. The only thing he hasn’t tried to flip his position on, is the fact that he supports the Muslim Brotherhood and what they believe."
"We wore the uniform so you can pray any way you want. And we’re proud of that. And that’s the America we all want to live in. It is not about how he prays. It is about his ideology and what he thinks. That’s what the problem is."
#RJCinMI
Samuel Markstein retweeted
.@MikeRogersForMI FORCEFULLY calls out the antisemitic ad being run by Cenk Uygur’s Rebellion PAC, and showcases the Democrats who have said publicly that Abdul El-Sayed is simply too extreme for Michigan:
Cenk Uygur “ran the most racist bigoted ad I have ever seen in politics when he blamed Jews for the price of bananas and groceries. I don’t know about you, that sounds like 1933 to me. And you know what the press has said? Nothing.”
Audience: “@VanJones68 called it out.”
“You know why that’s good? Van Jones also called out Abdul, saying his policies are quote, “Insane”. We should let the people of this state know: it’s not just Republicans that think this guy is a horrible human being; Democrats are coming out in droves saying he is too extreme.”
#RJCinMI
Samuel Markstein retweeted
.@MikeRogersForMI eviscerates Abdul El-Sayed for campaigning arm-in-arm with bigot Hasan Piker all over Michigan to poison the minds of young voters:
"On Hasan Piker: Abdul El-Sayed brought him to the state, put him in front of college students to promote this hateful language and attract those kids to Hasan Piker’s message. And it wasn’t just “we deserve 9/11”. It’s: “the streets of America should run red with capitalist blood”, “Israel is bloodthirsty”, “Hamas is less evil than Israel”. Abdul brought him in, talking to our kids, and continues to pump out things that are just vile."
#RJCinMI