Michigan’s far-left Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed mass deleted YouTube videos of him demanding a ban on guns and 4th of July fireworks.
“Fireworks suck,” El-Sayed said in a since-deleted YouTube video.
Abdul El-Sayed also called for the Second Amendment to be replaced.
El-Sayed’s campaign is now claiming the deleted videos “don’t reflect his beliefs today.”
NEW: Before launching his campaign, Abdul El-Sayed removed 100+ YouTubes from 2022-2024. Transcripts show him floating replacing the 2nd Amendment, urging an end to July 4th fireworks, blasting GOP focus on the border.
His campaign says they “don’t reflect his beliefs today.” pic.twitter.com/sl98LUKZY0
— Andrew Kaczynski (@KFILE) August 11, 2026
“Abdul is the former captain of his high school football team, loves Michigan football on Saturdays, and celebrates the Fourth of July with fireworks like the next Michigander. Cherry-picked comments from old podcasts don’t reflect his beliefs today,” El-Sayed’s camp said.
El-Sayed’s campaign said the old clips do not reflect his current views: “Abdul is the former captain of his high school football team, loves Michigan football on Saturdays, and celebrates the Fourth of July with fireworks like the next Michigander. Cherry-picked comments from…
— Andrew Kaczynski (@KFILE) August 11, 2026
El-Sayed is under fire after a video resurfaced showing the progressive candidate taking aim at one of America’s most beloved sports: Football.
“Football is very much associated with a particularly masculine and, oftentimes, toxically masculine culture. And so much of it was about—you wanted to be able to get back up and play for your team, and you really aren’t allowed to show pain or vulnerability. That’s part of the sport,” El-Sayed declared in a February 2023 podcast released shortly before the Super Bowl, according to The Washington Times.
The Democrat seeking to represent football-crazed Michigan in the United States Senate apparently believes the culture surrounding the game is infected by “toxic masculinity.”
Last week, a video surfaced of Abdul El-Sayed caught on a hot mic disparaging Mackinac.
“I hate Mackinac so much,” he said.
WATCH:
Abdul El-Sayed hot mic: “I hate Mackinac so much”
This is the most American place in MI pic.twitter.com/HDgoBNTHPV
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) August 7, 2026
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