A wave of Republican attacks against two Muslim Democrats has ended with one of the most prominent right-wing commentators in the country endorsing Abdul El-Sayed for Senate.
Tucker Carlson wrote in his newsletter on Friday that El-Sayed’s opponent, Mike Rogers, was unfit for office and defended him over his past criticism of the war on terror.
The Michigan Democrat emerged from this past week after a wave of attacks were hurled at him and Zohran Mamdani, the first elected Muslim mayor of New York, around the anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Both men were the subject of intense focus from media organizations on the right and even some mainstream outlets as the two faced differing but related accusations of anti-American sentiment impossible to separate from their Muslim faith.
It’s just as likely reverse psychology from Carlson as anything, e.g. “People who might vote for this guy hate me so I’ll endorse him to hurt his chances.”
Its possible, but a bank shot like that is not what I think is happening. There is no real value in the bank shot for Tucker. And I don’t think this hurts El Sayed.
What this does is further isolate mainstream media from their influence on politics. Its mainstream media who are opposing El Sayed, not DSA/ the left. As long as DSA/leftists types don’t take the self sabotage bait, there is no real political hegemony that can stand against El Sayed at this point.
That’s also possible. I don’t live in Michigan, but if I did I’d still vote for El-Sayed, I just don’t like Carlson supporting him because I don’t trust Carlson as far as I could sling a Freightliner.