Crossfiled1 outlets · filed 11 October 2026
Abdul El-Sayed walks back Obama criticism ahead of their campaign event
The Michigan Democratic Senate nominee wrote an op-ed in 2012 expressing dismay at what he said were "failures' by Obama. In an NBC interview, El-Sayed blamed the comments on his youth.
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Both outlets center the fact that Abdul El-Sayed is revisiting his earlier criticism of Obama ahead of a joint campaign appearance. The Washington Post is the only one that mentions the 2012 op-ed and El-Sayed’s explanation in an NBC interview that the comments reflected his youth. NBC News instead frames the story as Obama campaigning for El-Sayed despite that past criticism, with its extract offering only program context.
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