Michigan Democrat Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed urged reporters to focus their questions on anything other than his fellow Democrat Haley Stevens issuing a surprise endorsement of Republican nominee Mike Rogers on Sunday, just two days before voters go to the polls.
El-Sayed spoke to reporters outside a church Sunday afternoon alongside Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC) and a group of black supporters as the leftist Muslim attempts to make last-minute inroads with Detroit’s large black voting bloc before the election. Before taking questions, El-Sayed begged reporters to ask about “issues the people in my state are facing” and not about Stevens, who released a video statement earlier on Sunday endorsing Rogers and ripping El-Sayed’s “hate.”
“I’m not in the business of driving clicks for you,” El-Sayed said. “I’m in the business of trying to solve problems for people in my state, so if you want to ask questions about the issues that the people in my state are facing, I am happy to answer them.”
“If you want to ask me questions about some intrigue and about two folks who aren’t here right now,” he added, speaking of Stevens and Rogers. “I’m gonna be less interested in answering them. Just putt...