Two Lessons from Abdul El-Sayed's Win in Michigan | Guests: Charlie LeDuff & Delano Squires | 8/5/26 artwork

Two Lessons from Abdul El-Sayed's Win in Michigan | Guests: Charlie LeDuff & Delano Squires | 8/5/26

The Glenn Beck Program

August 5, 2026

The Michigan Senate primary was yesterday, and despite being declared too close to call by major outlets like Fox News and the New York Times, candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D) is already declaring victory.
Speakers: Glenn Beck, Jason, Delano Squires, Nate Friedman, Charlie LeDuff
**Glenn Beck** (0:00)
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We have Nate Friedman on. He's an independent journalist. And he is going to explain the Islamic takeover of Michigan. He's going to join us here in just a few minutes. And speaking of that, the results are kind of in. NBC News says, Abdul El-Sayed has won Michigan's Democratic Senate primary, notching a Midwest victory for the far left. Well, is it?
Is it? And here's why.
New York Times is saying, this is too close to call.
Excuse me. New York Times is saying, this is too close to call. So are they going to bring out the box of, you know, absentee ballots that were marked Haley or the box that were marked for El-Sayed? I don't know, but it's close. El-Sayed has already declared that he is the winner. So we will see. And I've got a lot to talk about this. Also, everybody is celebrating. Far left scores another victory in Democrats' Civil War with a Michigan primary win. Another win.
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El-Sayed has won Michigan's slugfest of the Democratic Senate Party, according to NBC News, clinching the nomination in a close race over Hailey Stevens, establishing a Midwest beachhead for the progressive left in the march of this midterm cycle. El-Sayed overcame nearly $65 million onslaught of the outside money and establishment that had rallied around Stevens. Popular governor Gretchen Whitmer endorsed Stevens last month, a move seen as a last-ditch effort to help stop a rising El-Sayed. El-Sayed, former public health official, goes on now to face former representative Mike Rogers, who claimed the Republican nomination without opposition yesterday. Okay, let me point out a couple of things.
First of all, do you have the numbers in front of you, Jason, by any chance?
It was super close.

**Jason** (5:22)
Yeah, it's right now El-Sayed has 48.48% at 740,000-ish. Stevens is at 47.51 at 726,000, so less than 20,000 between the two.

**Glenn Beck** (5:40)
Okay, so let me start before we get into speculation of, are they gonna find votes for either side?
Let's start here. Remember yesterday it was a blowout? Day before it was a blowout? Everybody had him winning at 90%, 99%.
Everybody said it was a cakewalk for him. Turns out, just with what we know today, only 20,000 different. What does that tell you?

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