Just dropped · Trial Balloon · Ep. 193
The Magnificent Seven
“In their first official joint appearance, Sen. Elissa Slotkin and Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed will appear at a town hall together and take questions Saturday in Macomb County, the birthplace of Reagan Democrats that Trump won in the last three elections,” Politico reports.
“Slotkin has long said her party needs ‘alpha energy.’ — and coincidentally, a Fox News chyron last night described El-Sayed as ‘Abdul the Alpha.'”
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