Mike Rogers Points To Democrats He Says El-Sayed Can Already Rule Out And Why

Mike Rogers, the Republican seeking Michigan's Senate seat, claimed Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press" that Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed has forfeited support among groups the party normally counts on, naming Jewish Democrats and African Americans in Detroit, Pontiac and Flint. Rogers added that some of those voters are drifting toward the Republican campaign. As evidence, Rogers cited Lon Johnson, a former Michigan Democratic Party chairman, who joined longtime Democratic strategist David Kramer in a Detroit News op-ed vowing not to vote for El-Sayed, according to Daily Wire.

El-Sayed is working to hold those voters. Former President Barack Obama appeared with the nominee in Detroit on Saturday and said opponents rely on lies, fear and division, using a person's name or faith to portray them as less American.

El-Sayed is also appealing to religious voters, including Christian men who have favored Rogers. A campaign video presents El-Sayed as a man of faith who prays daily, though it never names the religion. Critics allege El-Sayed would let faith shape policy; Detroit pastor Lorenzo Sewell warned that a Senate seat would let El-Sayed influence judicial appointments and lead to Sharia law.

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