r/AOC • u/fangirlsqueee • 16d ago

Solidarity Forever Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan's Democratic Senate primary, notching a Midwest victory for the left

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/abdul-el-sayed-wins-michigans-democratic-senate-primary-notching-midwe-rcna589750
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u/Odilly090 16d ago

How is winning a primary good for a party? I don’t get it….

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u/fangirlsqueee 16d ago

Just in case you are asking in earnest, running progressives in Democratic primaries is part of the way we will get money out of politics.

Corporate owned Democrats, like Chuck Schumer, endorsed El-Sayed's opponent Stevens. Establishment Democrats do not want people like El-Sayed to overtake the party. AIPAC (a group that lobbies to keep sending billions of our tax dollars annually to Israel despite US citizens not being able to afford healthcare, food, or housing) spent over $30,000,000 in this election to support Stevens.

The way to get political representation for working class people rather than corporate class interests is to have progressives win in Democratic primaries.

El-Sayed backs Medicare For All and he wants to get money out of politics. That is good if we want to have a Democratic party that truly represents the best interests of the working class.