Abdul El-Sayed spent 60 to 70 million dollars against him in the primary election.
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IHIP NewsAug 10, 2026
The claim departs from the passage: the post says $60 to 70 million was spent against El-Sayed in the primary, but the claim makes El-Sayed the spender. Sources consistently report that outside groups, mainly AIPAC-linked super PACs, spent roughly $60 to 70 million against him, so the claim's actor is wrong.
Our two reads of who says this, and how, disagree, so it counts as the post's own claim.
What was said
… I ask all 5 million, 10 million people listening for a dollar piece, five dollars apiece. Go to abdulfor senate dot com. You can volunteer, phone bank for us, you can donate five bucks, ten bucks goes a long way. Follow us on socials, share our stuff. They're going to try and defeat us the old-fashioned way, the same way that the 60 or 70 million dollars that was spent against me in the primary is done, buying thirty-second glossy ads to lie about me, my character, lie about Mike Rogers and his disastrous time in Congress. …
IHIP News · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Contradicts. Sources identify the spenders as super PACs and outside groups such as the United Democracy Project, not El-Sayed himself, so the claim that El-Sayed spent the money against him does not match the record.[2][3]
Supports. Multiple sources report roughly $60 to 70 million in outside spending against El-Sayed in the primary, mostly from pro-Israel and pro-corporate super PACs.[1][4][5]
Context. The passage is El-Sayed's own campaign appeal, so it cannot corroborate the claim; the extraction's reversal of who spent the money is a departure from what the post said.
Sources
5 sources: 1 tier 2, 3 not rated, 1 rated low
- 1Abdul El-Sayed Beats the Democratic Establishment and ...theintercept.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 2They Spent More Than $20 Million Trying to Stop Abdul El-Sayedlastpagefirst.substack.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 3How AIPAC and Soros money are shaping Abdul El-Sayed's Michigan Senate racenewsweek.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 4Dr. Abdul El-Sayed on Historic Michigan Win: “People Are Sick ...democracynow.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5Abdul El-Sayed's election race is one of America's most ...thenationalnews.com · rated low for factual reporting by Iffy.news · cited for: supports
Where this claim was made
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