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Michigan Senate candidate El-Sayed defends ogre remark

Published 28 July 2026

Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul ElSayed declined to apologize Monday night for a leaked remark in which he said progressives should put "one ogre on a pike," instead clarifying that the comment was directed at Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, not his primary opponent.

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