CNN: 2020 Interviews Contrast With Abdul El-Sayed’s Recent Statements on Defunding Police
CNN found El-Sayed repeatedly backed shifting police funds to mental health and anti-poverty programs, undercutting his recent denials.
- A CNN review found that Abdul El-Sayed previously endorsed the defund the police movement in 2020 and 2021 interviews, contradicting his current claims that he never called for such policies.
- His comments emerged during the 2020 movement following George Floyd's murder, when polling showed 70% of respondents opposed defunding police while 82% of Michigan registered voters favored local law enforcement.
- Interviews and writings from 2020 and 2021 show El-Sayed embracing the movement's substance, describing it as disinvesting in incarceration to invest in mental health and anti-poverty efforts.
- Last week, El-Sayed told CNN's Kasie Hunt he deleted the posts because they were taken 'out of context,' insisting he 'never, never called for defunding' the police.
- Michigan Republicans are expected to scrutinize these positions ahead of the August primary, as the Democratic nominee will face Rep Mike Rogers in the general election for this Senate seat.
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Surfaced videos of Dem Senate candidate backing 'defund the police' contradict recent denials
Abdul El-Sayed questioned police use of guns in an unearthed video, despite denying that he ever called to defund the police as he runs for Senate in the 2026 midterms.
Democratic Senate candidate can't hide from 'defund the police' comments, no matter how hard he tries
Another Democrat has tried and failed to distance himself from previous statements against law enforcement.Abdul El-Sayed, the 41-year-old Islamic leftist who ran an unsuccessful gubernatorial campaign in 2018 then served two years later on former President Joe Biden's Unity Task Force for Healthcare, is running as a Democrat to represent Michigan in the U.S. Senate.'I didn't want them to be taken out of context like this.'Enjoying the help of t…
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Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed claims he “never” supported the “defund the police” movement, but is that true? According to a CNN KFile report, El-Sayed’s insistence that […]
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Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed claims he “never” supported the “defund the police” movement, but is that true? According to a CNN KFile report, El-Sayed’s insistence that he “never, never called for defunding” law enforcement doesn’t hold up to a review of his past comments. After telling CNN host Kasie Hunt that he had deleted some X posts that had been taken “out of context,” the outlet decided to take a look into some public stateme…
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