Yikes: Liz Warren Hands Senate Candidate an Endorsement They May End Up Regretting

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By Sister Toldjah

Though Democratic Socialist candidates and others whose "values" align with the Democratic Socialists of America Party's (DSA) platform have enjoyed a wave of primary successes in recent weeks in states like New York and Colorado, one spectacular failure that comes to mind is Graham Platner.

As RedState reported, though he won the Maine Democrat Senate nomination in early June, Platner's now-former campaign finally imploded the first week of July after a former girlfriend stepped forward with rape allegations. Though Platner denied the claims, he begrudgingly agreed to suspend his campaign before the July 13th Maine deadline so the state Democrat Party could search for a new one to put on the ballot.

Among those who yanked their endorsement of Platner after the rape allegations were published was Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), who had previously declared in April that Platner was "my kind of man" even after the revelations of the Nazi tattoo and his misogynistic and racist Reddit history.

Meanwhile, in Michigan, former Wayne County health department director Abdul El-Sayed enjoyed a surge in popularity among Democrat voters in the spring amid a competitive primary race for the Senate nomination.

It seemed like the more he bashed Israel, the more popular he got. But as the August 4 primary date closes in, there's been some movement in this race away from Bernie Sanders-backed El-Sayed, and he now trails Rep. Haley Stevens (MI-11) by seven points in the latest non-partisan polling since state Sen. Mallory McMorrow dropped out over the Independence Day holiday weekend.

While that probably makes establishment Democrats feel better about things, socialism-minded Democrats like Warren are not amused. So on Monday, she announced her endorsement of El-Sayed, likely hoping that it helps stall Stevens' momentum:

“Michiganders deserve a senator who will fight for them — not for the same billionaires and special interests that have rigged our economy against working people,” Warren said in a statement circulated by the El-Sayed campaign. “I’m endorsing Abdul El-Sayed because he’s the fighter Michigan needs in the Senate.”

Interestingly, Warren had previously endorsed McMorrow:

That makes her 0 for 2 in Senate endorsements over the last month. If I were El-Sayed, I'd run from her endorsement, but he's embraced it, proclaiming that Warren has "been a generational voice for Americans who are tired of the status quo,"  while also trotting out the canned talking point that "Warren’s vision for our future – one where corporations can’t buy politicians and people can afford to put food on the table – speaks to Americans everywhere."

In her El-Sayed endorsement, Warren didn't reveal whether or not she felt like the terrorist-sympathizing radical was her "kind of man." But since we've been reliably informed that "silence is violence," we'll assume he is.

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