Black Voters Rip Dems Over Taking Them for Granted in El-Sayed’s Backyard: ‘Hush Us Up’

Black voters could play a decisive role in Michigan’s closely watched Senate race this November, raising the stakes for Democrats as signs of softer support among the historically reliable voting bloc threaten to complicate the party’s path to victory.

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Another snag for Democrats is their Senate nominee’s lack of support among African Americans in his primary election.

Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed’s razor-thin win over Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., earlier this month was closer than expected, and Black voters appeared to have a lot to do with it. In jurisdictions with the highest percentage of Black voters, El-Sayed consistently struggled against Stevens.

A collective analysis by The Hill found that, in counties where Black residents account for 15% or more of the population, Stevens outpaced El-Sayed by an average of eight points.

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El-Sayed, however, performed strongly in the Arab-American enclaves of Dearborn and Hamtramck.

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Those views came despite criticism of El-Sayed’s relationship with socialist streamer Hasan Piker, whose comments about Black voters in a 2024 livestream have been cited by El-Sayed’s critics.

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One Black Detroit area resident told Fox News Digital she was “appalled” by the fact El-Sayed was campaigning with Piker.

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Facing off with Rep. Tom Barrett, R-Mich., Lawrence previously said Black Democratic leaders wrongly “defang the White left” because they support the establishment.

“The extent to which the older generation of Black political leadership are such a pillar, frankly, for establishment, capitalist, imperialist American power through their role as this kind of traditionalist, establishmentist (sic) pillar of the Democratic Party, it’s a big problem,” Lawrence said in 2024 on his “Hegemonicon” podcast as reported by the Huffington Post at the time.

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