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Abdul El-Sayed wants to go a ‘step further’ than even Bernie Sanders in pitch for public ownership of AI firms

Nypost · 🇺🇸 public United States · · 420 words · By Ryan King
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Abdul El-Sayed wants to go a ‘step further’ than even Bernie Sanders in pitch for public ownership of AI firms See more of our coverage in your search results.

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What happened

Abdul El-Sayed wants to go a ‘step further’ than even Bernie Sanders in pitch for public ownership of AI firms See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The New York Post on Google WASHINGTON — Michigan Democratic Senate hopeful Abdul El-Sayed called earlier this year for “public control” of artificial intelligence — going beyond the policy prescriptions of socialist Sen.

Common ground

During a June interview with the left-wing “Head in the Office” podcast, El-Sayed was pressed about Sanders’ (I-Vt.) idea for an “American AI Sovereign Wealth Fund,” which would establish partial government ownership of AI companies via a 50% one-time equity…

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Claim 1: “The Michigan Senate race is one of the most competitive in the country, with El-Sayed holding a 0.7 percentage point edge over Rogers in the latest RealClearPolitics polling average.”
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Different sources report different RCP polling averages: one source says El-Sayed leads by 1.8 points, while another specifically states he has a 0.7% lead. A third source mentions a 0.5 point lead. The specific figure of 0.7 is mentioned, but it is contradicted by other reported RCP averages.
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web search NEUTRAL — Michigan also shows a narrow Democrat advantage, with Abdul El-Sayed leading Republican Mike Rogers by 1.8 points, 46.5% to 44.7%, in the current RCP average. Seven of the 10 polls in the polling set …
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/democrats-advantages-midter…
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web search NEUTRAL — The RealClearPolitics polling average, which includes the Susquehanna poll, shows El-Sayed with a 0.7% lead. Nevertheless, the race is expected to be one of the most critical in the battle for the upp…
https://tennesseestar.com/politics/el-sayed-leads-rogers-in-…
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web search NEUTRAL — El-Sayed leads Haley Stevens by 8 points in the latest RealClearPolitics Polling Average, and the winner will face Republican Mike Rogers in November.In the RCP Averages for the general election, both…
https://www.realclearpolling.com/stories/analysis/abdul-el-s…
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Claim 2: “Michigan Democratic Senate hopeful Abdul El-Sayed called earlier this year for “public control” of artificial intelligence”
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Multiple sources confirm Abdul El-Sayed's stance on AI. Bridge Michigan explicitly states he says the public should have an ownership stake in AI firms, and another source mentions his 'AI Under Democracy' plan.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 United States Senate election in Michigan will be held on November 3, 2026, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Michigan. Democratic former Wayne County he…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States_Senate_elec…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed (born October 31, 1984) is an American epidemiologist and politician who is the Democratic nominee in the 2026 United States Senate election in Michigan. Born and raised i…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdul_El-Sayed
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A Sister Souljah moment is a politician's calculated public repudiation of an extremist person, statement, group, or position that is perceived to have some association with the politician's own party…
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Claim 3: “Sanders, who endorsed El-Sayed in the Democratic primary, has championed an array of legislation aimed at slowing down AI, including a pitch for a moratorium on data center development.”
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Evidence confirms Sanders endorsed El-Sayed (HuffPost reference) and that Sanders has introduced legislation to pause the development of data centers (as noted in the Guardian/Bannon report).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 United States Senate election in Michigan will be held on November 3, 2026, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Michigan. Democratic former Wayne County he…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States_Senate_elec…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed (born October 31, 1984) is an American epidemiologist and politician who is the Democratic nominee in the 2026 United States Senate election in Michigan. Born and raised i…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdul_El-Sayed
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of nationwide public opinion polls that were conducted relating to the Democratic primaries for the 2028 United States presidential election. The persons named in the polls are candidat…
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Claim 4: “During a June interview with the left-wing “Head in the Office” podcast, El-Sayed was pressed about Sanders’ (I-Vt.) idea for an “American AI Sovereign Wealth Fund,” which would establish partial government ownership of AI companies via a 50% one-time equity tax on top tech firms.”
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Three independent web sources (LinkedIn, AOL, and a news report) confirm that Bernie Sanders introduced the 'American AI Sovereign Wealth Fund Act' featuring a one-time 50% tax on AI company stock to create a public fund.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — There has been significant academic and political debate about whether Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, can be considered a fascist according to consensus definitions of…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Under the second presidency of Donald Trump, the federal government of the United States has pursued an economic policy focused on lower taxation, deregulation, and large-scale protective tariffs. Tru…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Bernie Sanders is an American politician who has served as a senator from Vermont since 2007. Having held various public offices since 1981, he is an independent and a self-described democratic social…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_positions_of_Bernie_…
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Claim 5: “Sanders has also publicly suggested that the US should team up with China on AI”
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The Guardian and another web source report that Bernie Sanders called for Donald Trump to form an accord with China's President Xi Jinping to ban superintelligent AI.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Bernard Sanders (born September 8, 1941) is an American politician and activist serving as the senior United States senator from Vermont, a seat he has held since 2007. He is the longest-serving inde…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In the 2016 presidential campaign, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders sought the Democratic Party's nomination in a field of six major candidates and was the runner up with 46% of the pledged delegates be…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Bernie Sanders is an American politician who has served as a senator from Vermont since 2007. Having held various public offices since 1981, he is an independent and a self-described democratic social…
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Claim 6: “Both Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott and Pennsylvania Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro have recently imposed more stringent restrictions on data center development due to local backlash against the facilities.”
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Three separate web search results confirm that both Governor Greg Abbott (Texas) and Governor Josh Shapiro (Pennsylvania) have pivoted to impose restrictions or pauses on data center development due to backlash.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States gubernatorial elections are scheduled to be held on November 3, 2026. This election will take place in 36 states and three territories. The previous gubernatorial elections for this …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In the United States, a governor serves as the chief executive and commander-in-chief in each of the fifty states and in the five permanently inhabited territories, functioning as head of state and he…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States has 50 states and 5 territories that each elect a governor to serve as chief executive of the state or territorial government. The sole federal district, the District of Columbia, el…
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