Democrats don’t like to go on Fox News.
The reason is obvious.
And now a Fox News star went to war with this key Democrat in one startling brawl.
A Candidate Who Won’t Answer a Straight Question
Host Will Cain threw down with far-left Michigan Senate Democrat candidate Abdul El-Sayed over ICE enforcement, gas prices, and President Donald Trump’s newly created $1.8 billion Anti-Weaponization Fund, which the Department of Justice set up to compensate Americans who say they were targeted by Joe Biden’s DOJ through what the department calls “weaponization and lawfare.”
Cain pressed El-Sayed directly on whether he believes in the rule of law. El-Sayed tried to turn the tables, demanding Cain answer whether he pumps his own gas. Cain didn’t take the bait.
“It is violating law to come in this country illegally,” Cain said. “If you want no enforcement mechanism for it, what I see is you advocating for lawlessness.”
Then Cain went further, calling out a post El-Sayed had put on his X feed — and since deleted — that read, “immigrants are American, refugees are American, undocumented people are American, either that or the only real Americans are native Americans.”
“When I see things like you put on your X feed, which you did delete,” Cain said, “I see you denying something like the rule of law and the concept of citizenship. I’m curious if that’s your proposal to the people of Michigan?”
El-Sayed didn’t answer. He pivoted to gas prices and Trump’s fund instead.
The $1.8 Billion Fund and Who It’s Really For
El-Sayed called Trump’s Anti-Weaponization Fund “the $1.8 billion Department of Justice piggy bank that Donald Trump wants to hand out to people who clearly broke our laws on January 6.”
But that’s not what the fund is. The DOJ announced the fund as part of a settlement resolving Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS over the unauthorized leak of his tax returns. The $1.776 billion comes from the government’s existing Judgment Fund — the same account Congress appropriates money to for legal settlements — and the DOJ says there are no partisan requirements to file a claim. Any money left over when the fund closes goes back to the federal government.
The fund exists because the machinery of the Biden-era DOJ was turned against American citizens for political reasons. That’s not a fringe view. It’s what millions of Americans watched happen in real time — the targeting of parents at school board meetings, the prosecution of political opponents, the selective enforcement of laws depending on which side of the aisle you sat on.
El-Sayed’s characterization of it as a slush fund for January 6 defendants tells you something. He’d rather attack the remedy than acknowledge the disease.
The Gas Price Dodge
El-Sayed complained about gas prices during the interview, saying he pumped gas on Memorial Day and the worst part of his day was paying $82.89. “I thought about the fact that we lost more than a dozen service members in a war we never should have been fighting, to raise those gas prices in the first place,” he said.
Cain cut through it: “I appreciate your position. You are opposed to the war in Iran, and you don’t like the current gas prices.”
El-Sayed kept trying to talk over him, asking to “finish” his “answer.” Cain held firm: “You’re not answering my questions.”
That’s the pattern with El-Sayed. Ask him about illegal aliens flooding across the border and he talks about gas. Ask him about gas and he brings up the DOJ fund. Ask him about the DOJ fund and he talks about January 6. It’s a carousel, not a conversation.
Who Is Abdul El-Sayed?
El-Sayed is running in the Democrat primary for Michigan’s open U.S. Senate seat, with the primary scheduled for August 4, 2026. He’s been endorsed by Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Representative Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), and Representative Ro Khanna (D-CA). He previously ran for governor of Michigan in 2018 and lost in the Democrat primary.
He’s also been stumping across Michigan college campuses alongside Hasan Piker, a far-left Twitch streamer who once said “America deserved 9/11” and who called Hamas “a thousand times better than the fascist settler colonial apartheid state” of Israel.
El-Sayed was asked directly whether he would disavow any of Piker’s past comments. His answer: “I’m not here to disavow people’s views.”
Will Cain had already pressed El-Sayed on the Piker connection before Tuesday’s exchange, asking on air, “Does Hasan Piker reflect your vision?” El-Sayed dodged that one too.
But it’s worth asking Michigan voters: if a Senate candidate won’t distance himself from someone who said America deserved the worst terrorist attack in its history, what exactly does he stand for?
What This Race Actually Means
Michigan is one of the most competitive Senate seats on the map in 2026. Cook Political Report rates it a toss-up. Republicans have a real shot at flipping it, especially with former Congressman Mike Rogers running with President Trump’s endorsement.
And the Democrat primary itself is a mess. El-Sayed, backed by the hard left, is running against state Senator Mallory McMorrow and Congresswoman Haley Stevens. Polling has all three candidates under 30 percent with a large chunk of voters still undecided. The left-wing base of the party is pulling hard in El-Sayed’s direction, while the rest of the state looks on with something between alarm and disbelief.
El-Sayed deleted a social media post claiming illegal aliens are Americans. He refused to disavow a surrogate who said the country deserved 9/11. He dodged a basic question about whether he supports enforcing immigration law. And his big critique of the Trump administration is that it’s compensating Americans who were targeted by a politicized DOJ.
But Cain didn’t let him slide. And neither will Michigan voters, if they’re paying attention.
Sources: Mediaite; Fox News; U.S. Department of Justice; CBS News; The Washington Examiner; Ballotpedia; The Hill; Wikipedia