El-Sayed on Carlson praise: MAGA ‘eating itself’
El-Sayed said Carlson’s praise of his campaign exposes Republican divisions, after the podcaster predicted he could defeat Mike Rogers in November.
- Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed appeared on CNN's OutFront on Monday to address Tucker Carlson's recent praise, arguing the MAGA movement is "eating itself" by turning on Republican opponent Mike Rogers.
- Carlson, a former Fox News host, has criticized Rogers as a "neocon" and "feckless," repeatedly praising El-Sayed while breaking from Republican Party orthodoxy on foreign wars.
- During an early September podcast episode, Carlson declared he "wouldn't vote for Mike Rogers at gunpoint." El-Sayed noted he "never had a conversation" with Carlson and did not seek his endorsement.
- Carlson's comments enraged prominent figures in Trump's base, including activists Nick Fuentes and Laura Loomer, while Vice President JD Vance acknowledged his friendship with Carlson but noted disagreement.
- The unexpected support reflects a broader shift among some once-devoted members of the MAGA base as El-Sayed faces Rogers in a pivotal Michigan Senate race this November.
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El-Sayed: MAGA Is 'Eating Itself' by Turning on Mike Rogers
On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “OutFront,” Michigan’s Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate, Abdul El-Sayed, said the MAGA movement is “eating itself” when responding to Tucker Carlson saying he will not vote for former Rep. Mike Rogers, the Republican candidate.
El-Sayed on Carlson praise: MAGA ‘eating itself’
Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D) said President Trump’s MAGA movement is “eating itself” after conservative commentator Tucker Carlson praised the progressive while tearing into his GOP opponent, former Rep. Mike Rogers. El-Sayed was asked Monday about Carlson’s comments on the race earlier this month, when the former Fox News host said he “wouldn’t vote…
El-Sayed Is Delighted to Have Tucker Carlson's Support: 'MAGA Eating Itself'
Politics makes strange bedfellows, but few are stranger than former Fox News host Tucker Carlson and Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed. Yet, preternatural bedfellows they are, after Carlson effectively […]
Democratic Candidate Responds to Tucker Carlson’s Praise by Saying MAGA Is ‘Eating Itself’
Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed seized on unexpected praise from Tucker Carlson to argue that President Donald Trump’s MAGA movement is “eating itself.” El-Sayed joined CNN’s OutFront on Monday, where host Erin Burnett showed a clip of Carlson’s recent comments. “I wouldn’t vote for Mike Rogers at gunpoint,” Carlson said of El-Sayed’s Republican opponent in an early September episode of his podcast, going on to call the Democ…
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