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El-Sayed, Sanders, AOC rebuke corporate PAC money in Detroit

Sanders endorsed El-Sayed and argued for progressive politics and opposition to military aid for Israel.

El-Sayed, Sanders, AOC rebuke corporate PAC money in Detroit
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This article1 analysis · Oct 2, 2026
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At a Detroit rally for Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez endorsed him and joined him in criticizing corporate influence in politics. Speakers also discussed healthcare, climate change and U.S. policy toward Israel.

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Senator who endorsed El-Sayed and spoke at his rally

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Representative who endorsed El-Sayed and spoke at his rally

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Senate candidate and subject of the Detroit campaign rally

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Senate candidate criticized by Ocasio-Cortez

Donald Trump
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President criticized by El-Sayed

House candidate who spoke at the rally

Shri Thanedar
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Representative criticized by Tlaib over opposition to a measure affecting military aid to Israel

Rashida Tlaib
D · MI-12

Representative who promoted Donavan McKinney and criticized Shri Thanedar

ALSO MENTIONED  Abbas Alawieh, Michigan State Senate candidate who spoke before the rally; Eboni Taylor, Michigan State Senate candidate who spoke before the rally; Shawn Fain, United Automobile Workers president who endorsed El-Sayed

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Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez campaign for Abdul El-Sayed

Outlets agree that Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez campaigned in Michigan for Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, including at a Detroit rally. Left-leaning outlets focus on the rally’s silence on the Iran war and what they describe as inadequate attention to threats to democracy. Center outlets emphasize the campaign appearances and El-Sayed’s policy agenda, including corporate influence, health care, climate change and U.S. policy toward Israel; one also reports criticism from political opponents.

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