Over the weekend, Michigan Democratic Senate hopeful Abdul El-Sayed got into a kerfuffle with ABC News' Jake Tapper after Tapper noted that El-Sayed had told his supporters that many people in Dearborn were saddened by the death of the Ayatollah Khamenei.
To be precise, back in March, El-Sayed wanted to avoid making any public comment about Khamenei's death noting "there are a lot of people in Dearborn who are sad" about the Ayatollah's death.
Tapper raised the matter with El-Sayed who did not respond kindly:
Tapper: I thought that quote was interesting because the ayatollah has killed tens of thousands of innocent Iranians, not to mention the proxies that Iran has funded that have killed innocent civilians all over the Middle East. Why were you worried about offending people who support the ayatollah?
El-Sayed: Jake, on a day where we’re mourning the loss of two more service members in a war we never should have fought, I think all of us ought to step back and ask whether or not everybody in Michigan — frankly, everybody in America — shouldn’t be sad about the fact that this president, backed by the prime minister of a foreign government, took us to a war we had no business fighting in.
Of course, El-Sayed didn't want to answer the question. So, he pretended to care about our soldiers who lost their lives in the line of duty in "a war we never should have thought" "backed by the prime minister of a foreign government." Of course, our soldiers don't get to pick and choose the battles they fight. El-Sayed is just using the fallen soldiers as a cudgel to bash the U.S. and Israel. He is quick to decry Netanyahu as being part of "a foreign government" but what does that make the Ayatollah?
Following the interview, El-Sayed complained about Tapper giving him "a non-consensual colonoscopy." Clearly El-Sayed is unaccustomed to tough questions and cannot handle them. If that is the case, then he why be a candidate for the U.S. Senate? Tough questions come with the territory. If all El-Sayed can do is whine about it then he is clearly in the wrong line of work.
In which case, the media should give El-Sayed more non-consensual colonoscopies. Voters should too. Michigan voters have a right to a Senator who will answer tough questions and not be a crybaby about it.
However, it remains to be seen whether Michigan Democratic primary voters want a Senator who can answer tough questions. If they don't then shame on them.
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