Putin is almost certainly behind this. Trying to stop a Democrat politician and help Trump in the midterms. Remember not voting is a vote for Trump.
Putin is almost certainly behind this. Trying to stop a Democrat politician and help Trump in the midterms. Remember not voting is a vote for Trump.
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/opinion/2026/10/16/why-were-leaving-el-sayeds-spot-on-the-ballot-blank-opinion/92281935007/
The op-ed cited in the piece covers it, basically calling him a “terrorist supporter” for being anti-zionist and not leaning into full islamophobia (my framing, not theirs). This op-ed is also published in other Michigan outlets than Detroit News (I don’t know local Michigan outlets thoroughly enough to tell if one would be considerably more respectable) and on other outlets attributed to being republished and originally put forth by Reuters, but I can’t find a link to the Reuters version.