Political Earthquake in Michigan: Pro-Palestine Abdul El-Sayed Defeats AIPAC-Backed Rival in US Senate Primary
Pro-Palestine El-Sayed overcomes AIPAC's $30M blow to Zionist lobby.
Michigan, USA — In what is being widely described as a political earthquake, Abdul El-Sayed, a pro-Palestine Democrat, has won the Democratic Senate primary in the US state of Michigan, delivering a humiliating defeat to the powerful Israeli lobby in the United States.
El-Sayed narrowly defeated Congresswoman Haley Stevens, a staunch supporter of the Zionist regime who once bizarrely declared that the Israeli-occupied territories “appeared in her dreams.”
AIPAC’s $30 Million Goes Up in Smoke
The victory is all the more remarkable given the massive financial firepower deployed against El-Sayed. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), Washington’s most powerful pro-Israel lobby, reportedly poured more than $30 million into supporting Stevens in a desperate attempt to block his candidacy.
A former public health official, El-Sayed ran his primary campaign on a platform of defending Palestinian rights and imposing an arms embargo on Israel as it continues its genocidal war against the Palestinian people. His triumph is being viewed as a major defeat for the Israel lobby and as evidence of a profound shift in American public conscience over the occupation and the genocide in Gaza.
Trump Lashes Out
The primary result triggered an immediate reaction from US President Donald Trump, who attacked El-Sayed chiefly for his pro-Palestine and anti-Israel views.
“Great news for the Republican Party. El-Sayed, a Communist loser who hates Jews and Israel, is the projected winner in this race with the Socialist,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.
Trump has a long history of ridiculing and opposing pro-Palestine voices in US politics — a stance observers attribute to his close connections with AIPAC and the Israeli regime.
For his part, El-Sayed has clearly distanced himself from anti-Semitic views targeting the US Jewish population, stressing that his opposition is directed solely at the Israeli regime and its genocide against the Palestinians — a distinction increasingly embraced by the growing movement of conscience-driven Americans.
A Shifting Political Landscape
El-Sayed will face Republican nominee Mike Rogers in the general election this November.
The upset comes as Trump’s ratings have gone into freefall in recent months — largely due to the war of aggression on Iran and its economic fallout — leading many to project sweeping victories for Democrats in the upcoming elections.
As cracks continue to widen in the Zionist lobby’s once-iron grip over US politics, Michigan’s voters have sent an unmistakable message: the era of unconditional cover for Israel’s crimes is coming to an end.
Reference: PressTv