Democrat Voter and Rabbi Will Not Vote for El-Sayed, Says He'll Support Republican
Lopatin said he would vote for Rogers and praised his character.

SOURCE CHECK
TAP FOR WHYPJ Media is rated 41 by the site, and this page is an opinion piece rather than straight news reporting. The byline is identified, but the article relies heavily on a political speaker’s claims and provides limited independent corroboration.
- Track record — The site's rating of 41 from 37 stories indicates below-average institutional credibility.
- Source type — The publisher is classified as opinion, lowering confidence in its reporting standards for this article.
- Source diversity — The story primarily features one speaker's political remarks and offers little independent corroboration.
- Author attribution — The article identifies Catherine Salgado as its author.
The article includes direct quotations and identifies the speaker, and it acknowledges uncertainty about one claim. However, it uses strongly charged language, presents serious allegations with limited independent verification, and gives little space to El-Sayed’s response or other perspectives.
HOW WE SCORE ↗The article centers on one person’s endorsement and allegations against El-Sayed, while offering little response from El-Sayed or independent evidence to evaluate the claims. The author also adds broad partisan assertions of her own.
- Counterarguments presented — No substantial response from El-Sayed is presented.
- Loaded language — The article uses strongly pejorative labels for El-Sayed and Democrats.
- Source diversity — The central claims largely come from Lopatin, with no independent opposing source.
- Opinion vs reporting — The author adds explicit partisan commentary beyond the reported endorsement.
The article strongly favors the Republican candidate and uses hostile language about El-Sayed and the Democratic Party. Its framing and selection of claims are distinctly right-leaning.
- Language tone — The article uses highly negative descriptions of El-Sayed and Democrats, alongside approving descriptions of Rogers.
- Framing — It frames one voter’s endorsement as evidence that Democrats are abandoning their party over El-Sayed.
- Source selection — The story relies chiefly on a speaker who endorses Rogers and criticizes El-Sayed, with little opposing perspective.
Rabbi Asher Lopatin, who says he usually votes Democratic, said he will support Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers and urged others to do the same, while sharply criticizing Abdul El-Sayed.
The article reports that Rabbi Asher Lopatin spoke at a Democrats for Mike Rogers gathering and said he would vote for Rogers, praising his character. Lopatin argued that El-Sayed should not serve in the Senate and criticized his associations and statements. The article presents Lopatin’s endorsement as an example of Democratic voters turning toward Rogers.
The article repeats Lopatin’s allegations about El-Sayed and Hasan Piker, including claims concerning antisemitism and El-Sayed’s response to an attack on a Michigan synagogue. It also notes that it is unclear which statement Lopatin meant when he said El-Sayed blamed Michigan’s lack of funds on Jews, and says El-Sayed opposes U.S. aid to Israel.
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SWIPE →Republican Michigan Senate candidate endorsed by Lopatin; the article refers to him as Mike Rogers
Senate candidate criticized by the article and by Rabbi Asher Lopatin
El-Sayed's version of this story ↗President mentioned in an editor’s note
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