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El-Sayed’s threat against GOP rival backfires as conservatives bring receipts: ‘Is Dubai in Florida?’
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Abdul El-Sayed, moments after capturing the Democratic Party’s nomination in Michigan’s Senate race, sparked online controversy for his word choice in challenging Republican nominee Mike Rogers to a series of five debates.
«I know you’re going to say no because you’re a coward. Five debates. Alright?» El-Sayed said.
«You and I both know that you will wither in front of your own crimes, but I’m gonna make sure Michiganders know about them. By the time we’re done, you are not going to have safe quarter from people holding you accountable for what you’ve done,» El-Sayed continued.
The language of «safe quarter» is raising eyebrows among viewers online.
The online backlash demonstrates how closely the Michigan Senate race is being watched across the country and how viewers are analyzing every move of El-Sayed, in particular.
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Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed claps during a press conference in front of the Spirit of Detroit statue on Aug. 5, 2026, in Detroit. (Finn Gomez/Getty Images)
The former local public health official succeeded in his race against Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., a more establishment candidate with the backing of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., despite being heavily outspent.
His campaign has been a proxy for larger questions in the Democratic Party: whether the progressive label and promises of aggressively expanded public sector involvement will resonate with their base over the relative safety of establishment messaging.
But it has also invited scrutiny.
Conservatives ripped El-Sayed on social media for attacking Rogers’ out-of-state vacation home while he owned multiple rental properties overseas. Doug Powers, a longtime editor and contributor for Twitchy, believes it clashes with El-Sayed’s financial disclosures revealing that he owns property not just out of the state but also overseas.
«If I’m the Rogers campaign, I’m putting this in an ad. ‘A socialist who owns property in Dubai and India is attacking me for having a vacation house in Florida while threatening me in my home state?’» Powers wrote in his own post to social media.
«’No safe quarter from people holding you accountable’ is commie messaging,» he added.
«The easy rebuttal for Mike Rogers here is to point out that El-Sayed owns property in a luxury development in Dubai,» Chuck Ross, an investigative reporter for The Washington Free Beacon, pointed out.
«Is Dubai in Florida?» yet another account wrote.
Fox News Digital previously reported that El-Sayed’s most recent financial disclosure exposes how El-Sayed and his wife own at least two foreign properties in Bangalore, India and Dubai. The Dubai property is worth up to $250,000.
Other conservatives slammed El-Sayed for the tone of his message and suggested it was putting a target on the back of his Republican rival.
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Abdul El-Sayed, a Democratic Senate candidate in Michigan, at a campaign event in Detroit, Michigan on August 2, 2026 ( )
Scott Jennings, the conservative political personality and media commentator on CNN, bashed El-Sayed’s phrasing at the victory press conference.
«Abdul el Sayed threatening the safety of his opponent while the Jewish Democrat AG of Michigan says she can’t go to a Dem convention because she’s not safe, either. Does everyone see what’s happening here?» Jennings wrote in a post to X, referring to recent developments in the Wolverine state over anti-Semitic comments.
Brian Newberry, a Rhode Island state representative and former minority leader, echoed Jenning’s concern.
«Democratic U.S. Senate nominee, who pals around with [a] guy who celebrates 9/11, tells his Republican opponent that he will ‘not have safe quarter’ in his home state. Who the hell does this guy think he is?» Newberry wrote, hinting at El-Sayed’s association with Hasan Piker, a progressive streamer who has drawn backlash for past comments of his own.
«And will any — and I mean ANY — Democrat condemn this rhetoric?»
AG Hamilton, a popular conservative X account, called on El-Sayed to bring more clarity to the statement.
«Someone should ask el Sayed what exactly this means because it certainly comes off as a threat of political violence aimed at his opponent,» the account wrote.
El-Sayed’s campaign did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the phrasing or on whether the online reactions were overblown.
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Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive candidate in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in Michigan, speaks during a primary election night event Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026, at the Majestic Theatre in Detroit. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP Photo)
In his remarks on Wednesday morning, El-Sayed continued to press his case against Rogers.
«Mike Rogers is a guy whose politics and vision and perspective are old. Mike Rogers is a guy who has never shied away from a corporation he could do a favor for,» El-Sayed said.
«If you want a senator who’s going to lick some boots, fine. Go vote for Mike Rogers. But if you want a senator who’s going to stand up to Donald Trump, then you’ve got your option right here.»
With the Democratic primary in the rear-view mirror, El-Sayed will face off against Rogers in the state’s general election on Nov. 3.
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Crowded Russian beach descends into chaos after alleged Ukrainian drone incident kills 7, including 4 children
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Vacationers were sent scrambling for safety Monday after a projectile struck a crowded beach in a Russian Black Sea resort town, killing seven people, including four children, and injuring dozens more, officials said.
Video footage captured the incident in the village of Arkhipo-Osipovka near Gelendzhik, where the beach was packed with visitors at the time of the strike.
The Russian Mission in Geneva said in a post on X that the «bloody attack» was carried out by a drone launched by Ukraine, accusing Kyiv of targeting civilians.
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A projectile flies overhead near Arkhipo-Osipovka, Russia, on Monday. (Social media via Reuters)
«The attack targeted civilian infrastructure. Emergency and special services are working at the crash site,» regional Gov. Veniamin Kondratyev said in a post on Telegram.
«What happened today is a targeted attack by the Kyiv regime against civilians who have no connection to the military infrastructure. This cynical and inhumane terrorist attack against children cannot be justified.»
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A fiery explosion rocks a Black Sea beach resort in Russia on Monday. (Social media via Reuters)
Andriy Kovalenko, an officer with Ukraine’s Defense Forces, disputed Russia’s account, saying the deaths were directly caused by Russian air defenses that intercepted a drone, sending debris onto the beach.
«Russian air defense shot down a drone over people lying on the beach,» Kovalenko said on Telegram.
In the video, sounds resembling gunfire were heard just seconds before a drone struck the beach, causing a fireball explosion that sent bystanders screaming. As the gunfire was heard, the drone appeared to veer sharply before diving toward the beach.
Preliminary Russian reports also found that several of the deaths were caused by «falling drone debris,» Kondratyev said.
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In another Telegram post, Kovalenko indicated that Ukraine uses its weapons against Russian military-industrial infrastructure to affect Moscow’s ability to finance the war.
He further accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of creating an «illusion» that Russia would remain safe from the war by downplaying daily explosions as falling debris, limiting air raid warnings, and positioning air defenses near populated areas such as the Black Sea resort.

Smoke rises after a deadly blast along a Russian resort beach on Monday. (Social media via Reuters)
«Putin deliberately killed these people. Because if he had not started the war and struck Ukraine, they would be alive,» Kovalenko said.
«It was Putin, his air defense, who killed these Russians. His decisions in response to their decisions launched a chain of death for Russians.»
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Trump blasts Democratic socialist candidate as ‘full of s—‘ and Dems are skipping socialism ‘for communism’
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President Donald Trump escalated his attacks on Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed Wednesday, singling out the progressive candidate as «full of s—» while arguing Democrats are embracing communism.
The remarks came hours after El-Sayed narrowly defeated Rep. Haley Stevens in Michigan’s Democrat Senate primary, winning by less than one percentage point after The Associated Press called the race early Wednesday.
He will face Republican Mike Rogers in November for the Senate seat being vacated by retiring Sen. Gary Peters.
Trump devoted several minutes of his Las Vegas speech to attacking democratic socialist candidates, arguing they are advancing communist ideas and calling communism «the greatest threat» facing the United States.
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President Donald Trump speaks during an event in Las Vegas on Wednesday. (Bloomberg via Getty Images)
«These people are dangerous and frankly, they are lunatics. They’re crazy, and we can’t let them get into office,» Trump said. «Communism is the greatest threat to our country in its history, including even World War One, World War Two, Pearl Harbor, 9/11. I think it’s the greatest threat.»
The White House later amplified that portion of Trump’s remarks on social media, posting simply: «Communism is the greatest threat to our country.»
Trump mocked what he said communist policies would mean for Americans.
«Would you like a free house? We’ll take one from your neighbor. Would you like free rent? We’ll take it from whoever. We’ll take your building away from the landlord,» Trump said. «What they don’t say, and what Republicans should say, is that at the end of the year, you’ll have nothing but death, squalor, poverty. You’ll have a life of hell.»
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FILE – U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., Michigan Democratic U.S. Senate primary candidate Abdul El-Sayed and U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt, greet the crowd after El-Sayed spoke at The People V. The Powerful rally at the Detroit Opera House on July 18, 2026 in Detroit, Mich. He was recently endorsed by Michigan Democratic Sen. Tina Smith. (Sarah Rice/Getty Images, File)
The president pointed to Venezuela as an example of what he said happens when communist policies take hold.
«Look at Venezuela, where it was such a rich country 20 years ago,» Trump said. «Every time this has happened, you go through squalor … filth, crime, death, destruction, embarrassment. You lose your home. You lose your apartment.»
Trump then singled out El-Sayed by name, drawing one of the loudest reactions of the night.
«When I watch Abdul, he’s full of s—,» Trump said.
2026 MIDTERMS STATE OF PLAY: KEY RACES UNFOLD AS STEVENS, EL-SAYED BATTLE IN MICHIGAN

Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive candidate in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in Michigan, films a social media video at a pool party for content creators supporting his campaign, Monday, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
El-Sayed’s victory gives Democrats a progressive nominee in one of the country’s most closely watched Senate races. Backed by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., El-Sayed campaigned on Medicare for All, getting money out of politics and ending U.S. military aid to Israel.
He has described himself as a capitalist and has distanced himself from the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), though Republicans have frequently tied him to the broader democratic socialist movement.
Trump later returned to a familiar theme from the second term of his presidency.
«If you remember, during my State of the Union speech, I made a very strong statement. I said that America will never be a socialist country,» Trump said. «I was right.»
The president argued Democrats now want to move beyond socialism.
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President Donald Trump introduces a family who has benefited from the «no tax on tips» policy during an event at Red Rock Casino Resort and Spa in Las Vegas on Wednesday. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
«What I didn’t say is what they’re trying to do. They want to skip socialism. They want to go right down to the bottom of the barrel. That’s communism,» Trump said. «They want it to be a communist country. We’re not letting them have it as a communist country, not even for a minute.»
Trump closed by vowing to defeat what he called the Democrat Party’s leftward movement.
«Together we will defeat communism, socialism and Marxism in America once and for all,» Trump said. «It’s defeated. It’s going to go down. It always goes down.»
The White House and El-Sayed’s campaign did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s requests for comment.
Fox News Digital’s Andrew Mark Miller, Kiera McDonald, and Robert Schmad contributed to this reporting.
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