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A top newspaper in battleground Michigan is skewering left-wing Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed over past radical rhetoric as it endorses Republican rival former Rep. Mike Rogers in a crucial midterm showdown.
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it → skewer → showdown
The race between El-Sayed and Rogers to succeed retiring Democratic Sen. Gary Peters is a must-win battle for the Democrats as they try to recapture the Senate majority from the GOP.
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they → succeed → GOP
The Detroit News, which has the second-largest newspaper circulation in Michigan, charged in its endorsement of Rogers that El-Sayed "has worked so hard covering his tracks leading up to this Senate race that it's impossible to know who he really is or where he would stand in the Senate."
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he → have → Senate
"He has deleted social media posts that reportedly called into question his attitude about America in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
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that → delete → attacks
He's taken down roughly 100 YouTube videos that paint an unflattering picture of him and his cultural views," the conservative-leaning newspaper argued.
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newspaper → take → him
"A candidate who feels the need to hide his past from voters is not someone who can be trusted to be the same person after Election Day as he was on the campaign trail."
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he → feel → trail
As he runs for the Senate, El-Sayed has removed or archived thousands of past social media posts and older podcast/YouTube videos.
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Sayed → run → posts
Some of those past comments include floating the idea of abandoning fireworks on July 4th, suggesting replacing the nation's Second Amendment with the "right to have health care," and one-time support for the "defund the police" movement.
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Some → include → movement
El-Sayed, who was captain of his high school football team, also criticized football's ties to toxic masculinity and a "bro culture."
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who → criticize → masculinity
The Rogers campaign and other Republicans have blasted El-Sayed for many of his past controversial comments.
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campaign → blast → comments
The El-Sayed campaign said this summer that some of the past comments were removed "to prevent any old posts from being taken out of context."
And last week, around the 9/11 25th anniversary, the El-Sayed campaign emphasized that "Abdul has always unequivocally condemned terrorism and the September 11 attacks."
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Abdul → say → terrorism
Fox News Digital reached out to the El-Sayed campaign for additional comment on the Detroit News' criticisms, but didn't receive a response at the time this story was published.
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story → reach → time
The newspaper praised Rogers, calling him "the prototype of a United States Senator."
"He spent 14 years in the House of Representatives, rising to chair of the vital Intelligence Committee.
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He → praise → Committee
The 63-year-old Republican left Congress at the end of 2014, having been elected to his House seat seven times by his mid-Michigan constituents.
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Republican → leave → constituents
Rogers then embarked on a successful career in private industry, becoming an expert in cybersecurity," the newspaper noted as it referred to his career.
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it → embark → career
An average of the latest polls in the El-Sayed-Rogers showdown indicates a margin-of-error race.
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average → indicate → race
The most recent Fox News poll in Michigan, conducted a month ago, showed Rogers holding a slight four-point edge.
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Rogers → conduct → edge
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