The far-left Muslim doctor Abdul El-Sayed, who won his election last Tuesday and will be sworn in as a United States senator in January, declared on Friday at an event that Michigan is the "capital of Arab America".
El-Sayed is an Egyptian Muslim, and both he and his family have close ties to the Islamist organization Muslim Brotherhood. After defeating Republican Mike Rogers to take the vacant Senate seat for Michigan, the Democratic Party member made this statement during his speech at the Arab American Empowerment Summit (CONNECT) in Virginia.
"I am honored to be the next United States senator from the great state of Michigan. I know we are here in DC, which is of course the capital of the United States of America. But Michigan is the capital of Arab America", expressed the elected senator.
El-Sayed celebrates victory with his wife.
El-Sayed's campaign platform was so leftist and anti-Semitic that, just days before the election, Democratic Congresswoman Haley Stevens -who had competed against him in the primaries- withdrew her support and publicly endorsed Rogers at a press conference.
El-Sayed won over the Democratic electorate by promising to fight in Congress for a universal healthcare system (Medicare for All), a federal minimum wage of $20, deep climate policies, an end to U.S. military and intelligence assistance to Israel, and the promotion of a greater presence of Islam in American society.
Michigan is home to one of the largest Arab-American populations in the country, heavily concentrated around Detroit. A suburb that directly borders the north and east of Detroit, Dearborn, has become the political center of the Muslim community. There, nearly half of the population claims Arab ancestry, and there are neighborhoods governed by sharia law. El-Sayed won this city with over 90% of the votes.
