El-Sayed dares GOP rival to no-pads football showdown as Senate feud turns personal
Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed recently escalated his feud with Republican nominee Mike Rogers, who is more than twenty years his senior, challenging the former FBI agent to a bout of tackle football after accusing Rogers of being "too afraid" to debate him."Since you’re too afraid to debate me, how about you ‘hold me accountable’ on a football field instead," El-Sayed posted to X on Wednesday. "Tackle, no pads like we used to play when we were kids.
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Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed recently escalated his feud with Republican nominee Mike Rogers, who is more than twenty years his senior, challenging the former FBI agent to a bout of tackle football after accusing Rogers of being "too afraid" to debate him."Since you’re too afraid to debate me, how about you ‘hold me accountable’ on a football field instead," El-Sayed posted to X on Wednesday. "Tackle, no pads like we used to play when we were kids. I’d be happy to show you [how] much I love football."Rogers is 63 while El-Sayed is 41.The unusual challenge comes as Rogers seeks to turn El-Sayed’s past criticism of football culture into a campaign liability, while El-Sayed has increasingly leaned into sports, fitness and a defense of masculinity as he courts male voters. The exchange quickly became personal, with Rogers’ campaign mocking El-Sayed’s height rather than accepting the challenge.MICHIGAN DEM SENATE NOMINEE COMES UNDER FIRE OVER RESURFACED BLOG POST LINKING FOOTBALL TO 'TOXIC MASCULINITY'El-Sayed’s X post was in response to a clip of Rogers criticizing him for past comments he made on topics such as football and the 4th of July."This guy spent hours hating on what most Michiganders would enjoy in their pastimes, and he should be held to account for that," Rogers said on Fox News.
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- Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed recently escalated his feud with Republican nominee Mike Rogers, who is more than twenty years his senior, challenging the former FBI agent to a bout of tackle football after accusing Rogers of being "too afraid" to debate him."Since you’re too afraid to debate me, how about you ‘hold me accountable’ on a football field instead," El-Sayed posted to X on Wednesday. "Tackle, no pads like we used to play when we were kids.
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