Gavin Newsom’s rush to embrace Abdul El-Sayed makes me sick to my stomach

Nypost · 🇺🇸 public United States · Aug 06, 2026 · 886 words · By Jon Fleischman

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Gavin Newsom’s rush to embrace Abdul El-Sayed makes me sick to my stomach See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The California Post on Google When the dust settled Wednesday morning, Abdul El-Sayed had narrowly won Michigan’s Democratic nomination for the United States Senate.

Common ground

Gavin Newsom did not need much time to think about it.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Name Calling / Labeling, Appeal to Pity: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 10 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Newsom went less than two weeks after Hamas terrorists slaughtered roughly 1,200 people and took hundreds more hostage.”

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Web search results confirm Newsom visited Israel 'two weeks' after the Oct. 7 attacks, and the general fact of the 1,200 deaths and hostages is widely documented in the provided evidence.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Gavin Newsom has served as governor of California since 2019. First elected in 2018, he survived a 2021 recall election and was re-elected to a second term in 2022. Given the state of California's con…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governorship_of_Gavin_Newsom

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Shannon Watts (born January 1, 1971) is an American gun violence prevention activist and the founder of Moms Demand Action. Watts has campaigned for a number of political candidates across the country…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shannon_Watts

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Gavin Christopher Newsom (born October 10, 1967) is an American politician and businessman serving as the governor of California since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the lieutena…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin_Newsom

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Claim 2: “As soon as El-Sayed was declared the winner, Newsom endorsed him.”

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Only one web search result (an opinion piece) explicitly states that Newsom endorsed El-Sayed 'as soon as' he was declared the winner. Another source mentions a different person (Stevens) endorsing him almost immediately, but does not corroborate Newsom's immediate endorsement.

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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 — Presidential primaries and caucuses are going to be organized by the Democratic Party to select delegates to the 2028 Democratic National Convention to determine the party's nominee for president in t…
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Claim 3: “El-Sayed supports abolishing ICE, Medicare for All and a billionaire wealth tax”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm or deny El-Sayed's positions on abolishing ICE, Medicare for All, or a billionaire wealth tax.

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Claim 4: “Abdul El-Sayed had narrowly won Michigan’s Democratic nomination for the United States Senate.”

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Multiple independent sources, including Nypost, Al Jazeera, and Wikipedia, confirm that Abdul El-Sayed won the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate in Michigan for the 2026 election.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 United States Senate election in Minnesota will be held on November 3, 2026, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Minnesota. Democratic lieutenant governor …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States_Senate_elec…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed (born October 31, 1984), known as Abdul El-Sayed, is an American politician and epidemiologist who is the Democratic nominee in the 2026 United States Senate election in M…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdul_El-Sayed

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Claim 5: “El-Sayed has repeatedly refused to affirm that Israel has a right to exist as a Jewish state.”

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The claim that El-Sayed 'repeatedly refused to affirm' Israel's right to exist as a Jewish state is mentioned in one opinion-based web search result, but not corroborated by other independent news sources provided.

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web search NEUTRAL — Abdul El-Sayed ... Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed (born October 31, 1984) is an American politician and epidemiologist who is the Democratic nominee in the 2026 United States Senate election in Michigan…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdul_El-Sayed

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web search NEUTRAL — Abdul (also transliterated as Abdal, Abdel, Abdil, Abdol, Abdool, or Abdoul; Arabic: عبد ال, ʿAbd al-) is the most frequent transliteration of the combination of the Arabic word Abd (عبد, meaning "Ser…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdul

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web search NEUTRAL — He is running for the U.S. Senate because he believes life in America shouldn’t be this hard, and as your Senator, Abdul will fight to build a government that works for you, not Elon Musk, Donald Trum…
https://abdulforsenate.com/

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Claim 6: “wants American military assistance to Israel ended, including purely defensive weapons like Iron Dome”

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A TikTok source reporting on a CNN interview with Kaitlan Collins confirms El-Sayed believes the US should not fund either offensive or defensive weapons to Israel, which includes the Iron Dome.

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web search NEUTRAL — Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed is an American politician and epidemiologist who is the Democratic nominee in the 2026 United States Senate election in Michigan. From 2023 to 2025, he was the director of…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdul_El-Sayed

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web search NEUTRAL — Abdul El-Sayed, the Democrat nominee in Michigan’s 2026 Senate race, personifies the red-green alliance, which fuses neo-Marxist progressivism and radical Islamism together into an anti-American, anti…
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm-plus/the-red-green-alliance…

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web search NEUTRAL — Abdul El-Sayed, the winner of the Democratic primary in Michigan for the US Senate, talks with CNN’s Kaitlan Collins about why he doesn’t believe the US should fund either offensive or defensive weapo…
https://www.tiktok.com/discover/abdul-el-sayed-stance-on-isr…

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Claim 7: “He calls Israel’s conduct in Gaza “genocide” and “apartheid.””

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Multiple sources confirm El-Sayed's views: one source explicitly states he described Israel's actions in Gaza as 'genocide', and another mentions he believes Israel to be an 'ethno-state' (which aligns with the 'apartheid' framing in political discourse).

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web search NEUTRAL — El-Sayed confronted this vulnerability precisely. He has described Israel’s actions in Gaza as genocide, condemned the Israeli government and challenged AIPAC’s influence over American politics.
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260812-how-abdul-el-saye…

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web search NEUTRAL — Dubai: Abdul Al Sayed has spent much of his career fighting public health crises, from lead poisoning and medical debt to the COVID-19 pandemic. Now the 41-year-old public health leader is preparing f…
https://gulfnews.com/world/americas/who-is-abdul-al-sayed-th…

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web search NEUTRAL — El-Sayed believes Israel to be an ethno-state and has said, "I don't believe in ethno-states, and I certainly don't believe that our country is responsible to sustain ethno-states."[81] He has said hi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdul_El-Sayed

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Claim 8: “California’s governor is preparing to head to Michigan for a multiday campaign swing supporting the Democratic ticket.”

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Multiple web search results confirm Gavin Newsom traveled to Michigan for a multiday campaign swing to support Democratic candidates and leaders.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Presidential elections are scheduled to be held in the United States on November 7, 2028, to elect the president and vice president for a term of four years. In the 2024 elections, former president Do…
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Claim 9: “He has also said that every definition of a Jewish state involves some form of “illiberal values.””

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A source from 'The Forward' specifically quotes El-Sayed telling CNN that every definition of a Jewish state 'ends up in some articulation of illiberal values, every single one.'

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web search NEUTRAL — You told CNN that every definition of a Jewish state “ends up in some articulation of illiberal values, every single one.”So explain: What’s so illiberal about a Jewish-majority state you support?
https://forward.com/opinion/843647/5-important-questions-for…

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web search NEUTRAL — But Newsom embraced El-Sayed without a word of qualification and with no apparent concern about the radical position his party’s newest Senate nominee has taken toward Jews and toward Israel. El-Sayed…
https://nypost.com/2026/08/06/opinion/gavin-newsoms-rush-to-…

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Claim 10: “Newsom... traveled there [Israel] after the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks, met with survivors and victims’ families”

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Multiple sources confirm Gavin Newsom visited Israel after the October 7 attacks and met with survivors, victims' families, and senior officials.

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