Michigan Dem invokes comparison to Jesus when pressed on socialist views: 'Radical in his time, too'
Michigan’s Democratic Senate nominee compared his "radical" policy positions to Jesus Christ’s teachings during a podcast appearance earlier this year.During an episode of the Progressive Christians Podcast that aired in May, Abdul El-Sayed was asked how his faith as a Muslim spurs his policies and positions in his campaign for the Senate.Rev. Blair Stowe, one of the podcast’s hosts, noted that through many progressive races during the midterm election cycle where policies like Medicare for all, being anti-war and resisting corporate money in politics, from the Christian lens, appeared to be "very similar to the teachings of Jesus."EL-SAYED INVOKES JESUS WHILE ACCUSING MIKE ROGERS OF HIDING BEHIND ‘SIMULACRUM OF FAITH’"And yet, those platforms and those policies are being named radical.
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Michigan’s Democratic Senate nominee compared his "radical" policy positions to Jesus Christ’s teachings during a podcast appearance earlier this year.During an episode of the Progressive Christians Podcast that aired in May, Abdul El-Sayed was asked how his faith as a Muslim spurs his policies and positions in his campaign for the Senate.Rev. Blair Stowe, one of the podcast’s hosts, noted that through many progressive races during the midterm election cycle where policies like Medicare for all, being anti-war and resisting corporate money in politics, from the Christian lens, appeared to be "very similar to the teachings of Jesus."EL-SAYED INVOKES JESUS WHILE ACCUSING MIKE ROGERS OF HIDING BEHIND ‘SIMULACRUM OF FAITH’"And yet, those platforms and those policies are being named radical. And we know that you have been referred to as a radical," Stowe said. "So what do you think about that title, that these things that are, that seem to come very easily from the Christian faith that are shared in the Muslim faith?
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- Michigan’s Democratic Senate nominee compared his "radical" policy positions to Jesus Christ’s teachings during a podcast appearance earlier this year.During an episode of the Progressive Christians Podcast that aired in May, Abdul El-Sayed was asked how his faith as a Muslim spurs his policies and positions in his campaign for the Senate.Rev. Blair Stowe, one of the podcast’s hosts, noted that through many progressive races during the midterm election cycle where policies like Medicare for all, being anti-war and resisting corporate money in politics, from the Christian lens, appeared to be "very similar to the teachings of Jesus."EL-SAYED INVOKES JESUS WHILE ACCUSING MIKE ROGERS OF HIDING BEHIND ‘SIMULACRUM OF FAITH’"And yet, those platforms and those policies are being named radical.
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Michigan Dem invokes comparison to Jesus when pressed on socialist views: 'Radical in his time, too'
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