Mike Rogers Says Abdul El-Sayed Secretly Met With Chuck Schumer

There it is. The man who built an entire campaign on being the clean, pure, anti-establishment alternative has been caught with his hand in the Democratic machine’s cookie jar. Abdul El-Sayed can post all the progressive manifestos he wants, but a secret sit-down with Chuck Schumer tells you everything about where his loyalties actually lie. The purity act is a sham.

For weeks, El-Sayed has been running around Michigan pretending he’s too righteous for regular politics. He won’t take corporate money, he says—while conveniently looking the other way when cash flows in from donors with ties to groups the State Department has flagged. That’s the kind of moral accounting you only see from someone who thinks the rules apply to everyone else. He brags about being unbought while happily taking money from people who would happily see America weakened. It would be funny if it weren’t so cynical.

And now this. El-Sayed reportedly crept into a meeting with the leader of the Senate Democrats—the man who embodies the swampiest of swamp politics—to kiss the ring. The man didn’t just trip over his own feet; he dove headfirst into the establishment sewer. The only surprising part is he thought he’d get away with it. Mike Rogers has called El-Sayed a con man, and for anyone paying attention to this campaign, the label fits a little more securely every single day. The voters of Michigan deserve a senator, not an actor who changes his script depending on which backroom he’s standing in.