Jesse Watters Primetime: El-Sayed’s First Trip into the Lion’s Den

Abdul El-Sayed, the progressive Democrat who narrowly won Michigan’s Senate primary earlier this month, sat down Monday night for what appears to be his first appearance on Jesse Watters Primetime. The setting was deliberate. El-Sayed is now the nominee in a pure toss-up race against former Republican Congressman Mike Rogers, a Trump-aligned candidate for the open seat being vacated by retiring Sen. Gary Peters. Polls remain tight—RealClearPolitics averages show El-Sayed up by less than a point, with individual surveys scattering in both directions—and the contest could help decide control of the Senate.

El-Sayed used the interview to test how his message travels outside the progressive primary electorate. He also made sure to land a few direct shots at Rogers for dodging debates and avoiding the same Fox stage.

Here’s the full segment: [VIDEO]

Watters opened by pressing El-Sayed on abolishing ICE, a wealth tax on fortunes above $100 million, Medicare for All, the ongoing conflict with Iran, biological males in women’s sports, medical decisions involving minors, and past comments about Sharia law. El-Sayed repeatedly tried to redirect toward gas prices, grocery costs, and health-care affordability, arguing those are the issues Michigan voters actually raise. He defended his progressive economic positions while framing many of the cultural questions as distractions.

Timcast Reaction: PBD IS RIGHT, 1 Capitalist vs 20 Anti-Capitalists

 

[VIDEO] Patrick Bet-David talked about going onto Jubilee on his own podcast last week and the actually episode was released over the Labor Day weekend.

Have you seen it? How do you think he did? Check it out here [VIDEO]

And I see that Tim Pool was thoroughly entertained by this episode of Surrounded where you see other right-wing personalities as Michael Knowles and Ben Shapiro. Basically PBD has an extended discussion with a number of left-leaning people who are willing to debate.

While I haven't seen this episode, what seems to be a recurring theme in videos like this is generally hostility from people with a different political bent. PBD I do think can handle that, but it's shocking how there are those who aren't there to debate, they're just there to win an argument with a lot of emotion! 

NBC News: Why Georgia US Senate candidate Herschel Walker flash a police badge

 

[VIDEO] Let me just state that I hear conventional wisdom that debates really don't move a needle either way between any two or more candidates. Voters who watch these debates have already made up their mind about who they're voting for.

I saw a clip of the Georgia senate debate between incumbent Democrat Raphael Warnock - my Morehouse brother who is also pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church which is MLK's church - and former NFL and Dallas Cowboys star Republican Herschel Walker. Sen. Warnock made a crack about Walker posing as a police officer and Walker pulls out his badge. The badge was derided by debate moderators as a prop, so many believed that badge Walker showed was a fake.

Well, Walker discusses with NBC his badge which he claimed was given to him by the Sheriff of Johnson County who verified that Walker was given an honorary badge and can be called upon if needed. So I would never say if Walker's badge was fake, however, it was bad form to flash it during a debate like that. If he already isn't a great candidate, then why add fuel to the fire that he may well be posing as if he really is a police officer.

Anyway I was surprised to see NBC do this story. I don't know how much impact this police badge thing will have on this senate race. We shall see if Mr. Walker is able to defeat the incumbent Warnock.