Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed refused to say whether he wants to replace the Second Amendment, dodged on sex changes for minors, and deflected on men in women's sports — because the answers would end his campaign before November.
The stakes are direct: El-Sayed faces Republican Mike Rogers in a race that could determine Senate control, and every dodge is a window into what he'd do with power.
Pressed twice by Fox News host Jesse Watters on whether he wants to replace the Second Amendment, El-Sayed pivoted to healthcare both times. "I think more people are more worried about whether or not they can see a doctor than whether or not they can have a gun," El-Sayed said, according to Breitbart. When Watters called out the dodge — "You're dodging the question, do you want to replace the 2nd Amendment?" — El-Sayed dodged again, offering only that he's "perfectly okay with people having their hunting rifles."
Hunting rifles. That's the Left's Trojan horse. Concede that the Second Amendment protects only bolt-action deer guns and the semi-auto bans come next. The Founders didn't write the Second Amendment for hunting season — they wrote it because an armed citizenry is the last check on a government that overreaches. El-Sayed knows this. That's why he won't answer.
The dodges didn't stop at guns. When Watters asked whether El-Sayed supports sex change surgery for minors, the former public health official said "the government shouldn't tell you what kind of healthcare you should have," as The Independent reported. When Watters pressed with a blunt question about the procedure, El-Sayed asked the host: "Do you really want to have this conversation? Are you circumcised?" — a deflection the New York Post called a "bizarre defense."
"Circumcision is different than castration!" Watters fired back. El-Sayed insisted both are "surgery on a kid's ding-a-ling."
On men in women's sports, El-Sayed dodged again, claiming the decision "ought to be decided by the people who govern sports," per the Post. He called the question "insane."
On immigration, El-Sayed said he supports both arresting criminal illegal migrants and abolishing ICE — suggesting the defunct INS should handle enforcement instead. Watters called it "a bureaucratic game" and "a dodge." The Post also reported El-Sayed refused to say how much his socialized healthcare plan would cost, wouldn't answer the size of the U.S. budget, and declined to explain his past suggestion that the "NFL was racist."
The Independent framed the interview as a "combative" exchange and buried the Second Amendment dodge entirely, leading instead with the circumcision exchange. Breitbart centered the gun-rights dodge. The Post covered the breadth of the dodges but framed the circumcision moment as the headline event.
El-Sayed defeated Rep. Haley Stevens in a primary the Post described as a "battle for the soul of the Democratic Party," with Chuck Schumer backing the loser. Trump endorsed Rogers and called El-Sayed's win "great news for the Republican Party."
The question isn't whether El-Sayed can dodge. It's whether Michigan voters will let him get away with it.
