Michigan Senate Candidate Faces Scrutiny Over Deleted 9/11 Social Media Posts

As the United States approaches the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, Democratic Michigan Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed is facing renewed scrutiny over past social media comments about the tragedy, following a report by CBS News. The report, published on August 31, 2026, highlighted several of El-Sayed's deleted posts that drew comparisons between the 9/11 death toll and the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as criticism of U.S. foreign policy in the aftermath of the attacks. The CBS article cited posts from 2020 and 2021 that had been removed from El-Sayed's accounts.