Schumer Dodges Backing El-Sayed on Campaign Trail as Michigan Race Shapes Democrats' 51-seat Senate Push
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Updated · Fox News · Aug 21
Schumer Dodges Backing El-Sayed on Campaign Trail as Michigan Race Shapes Democrats' 51-seat Senate Push
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 21
Summary
Chuck Schumer declined to say whether he will campaign with Michigan Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed, even as he insisted Democrats "will win Michigan" and praised El-Sayed for bringing "new energy" to the party.
The hesitation follows El-Sayed's refusal to support Schumer for Democratic leader if elected; El-Sayed has said he would back Sen. Chris Van Hollen instead and has run as an anti-establishment progressive.
Michigan is central to Schumer's path back to a Senate majority, and he argued Trump's tariffs on Canada could help Democrats in a state whose economy is tightly linked to cross-border trade with Ontario.
Republicans see an opening after Michigan's bruising Democratic primary, with GOP nominee Mike Rogers casting El-Sayed as a far-left candidate while trying to expand the party's narrow Senate majority.