El-Sayed, Mamdani's messages resonate, sending conservatives — and some Dems — into a tailspin
<p>They were articulate, charming and exceptionally gifted. </p><p>But not everyone was immediately enchanted by the dark-haired foreigners in single-breasted suits and skinny ties.</p><p>Many Americans, especially the older adults accustomed to pushing their <a class="Link" href="https://www.newsweek.com/beatles-suck-yeah-we-said-227748" target="_blank" >staid preferences</a> onto the masses, reacted with blatant hostility, seething over the frenzied adoration that followed the newcomers wherever they went.
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<p>They were articulate, charming and exceptionally gifted. </p><p>But not everyone was immediately enchanted by the dark-haired foreigners in single-breasted suits and skinny ties.</p><p>Many Americans, especially the older adults accustomed to pushing their <a class="Link" href="https://www.newsweek.com/beatles-suck-yeah-we-said-227748" target="_blank" >staid preferences</a> onto the masses, reacted with blatant hostility, seething over the frenzied adoration that followed the newcomers wherever they went. </p><p>An acclaimed TV host called the foursome <a class="Link" href="https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/sep-keyword/william-f-buckley/" target="_blank" >“the most repulsive group of men I’ve ever seen.” </a></p><p>A few years later, a legendary icon who no longer excited the youth <a class="Link" href="https://www.whitehousehistory.org/photos/fotoware?id=8DDA1F4A9CD6481D%2091A1B879AC442BD5" target="_blank" >went to the Oval Office</a> to warn the president that these men "promoted an anti-American spirit."</p><div class="RichTextSidebarModule Enhancement" data-module data-align-center><a class="AnchorLink" id="module-620000" name="module-620000"></a> <div class="RichTextSidebarModule-title">Columnists bug</div> <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><h2>Columnists</h2><br><i>In-depth political coverage, sports analysis, entertainment reviews and cultural commentary.</i><br></div> </div><p>The Beatles are no longer the enemy for the pearl-clutching peanut gallery. </p><p>They've been replaced by young goateed American Muslim men who are challenging and subverting political norms.</p><p>And like the past-his-prime Elvis running to Richard Nixon to rebuke the Liverpudlians and "Communist brainwashing," the usual right-wing suspects and many centrist Democrats are <a class="Link" href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/06/abdul-el-sayed-michigan-victory" target="_blank" >ringing the alarm bells</a> over the Brown men while the orange man in the White House sets the country on fire.</p><p>"Every single Muslim holding public office in America is a Trojan horse, and a threat to both national security and our republic,"<a class="Link" href="https://x.com/RepNancyMace/status/2085825873479893276?s=20" target="_blank" > Rep.
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- <p>They were articulate, charming and exceptionally gifted. </p><p>But not everyone was immediately enchanted by the dark-haired foreigners in single-breasted suits and skinny ties.</p><p>Many Americans, especially the older adults accustomed to pushing their <a class="Link" href="https://www.newsweek.com/beatles-suck-yeah-we-said-227748" target="_blank" >staid preferences</a> onto the masses, reacted with blatant hostility, seething over the frenzied adoration that followed the newcomers wherever they went.
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El-Sayed, Mamdani's messages resonate, sending conservatives — and some Dems — into a tailspin
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