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Harris campaigns for El-Sayed

News · Heat 1.1 / 10 · 2 shows · 16m airtime

Kamala Harris appeared in Michigan on the campaign trail for Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed in late September 2026. The hosts read the stop as transactional: El-Sayed, who led the Uncommitted movement against Biden in Michigan's primary, needs black votes, while Harris needs distance from the Biden administration's Gaza record. They note Harris was on the ticket the Uncommitted movement opposed, and seize on a speaker at the event saying 'black women and black birthing people' as evidence Democrats learned nothing from 2024.

How 2 podcasts covered it

  1. Ruthless Podcast, 2026-09-24 (7:01 to 13:26)
    Reads Harris's Michigan stop as transactional
    Picks up Harris's Michigan stop for El-Sayed and reads it as a transactional play: she lends him moderate cover with black voters while buying distance from the Biden administration's Gaza record. The 'birthing people' clip is the hook for a no-lessons-learned argument.
    New angle: Harris's Michigan stop is read as transactional: she needs distance from Biden's Gaza record, El-Sayed needs black votes.
  2. Ruthless Podcast, 2026-09-24 (16:04 to 19:47)
    Argues Harris's visit papers over the Uncommitted vote
    Plays a clip of El-Sayed pressed on the Uncommitted movement and argues Harris's visit is meant to paper over his role leading the protest vote against Biden over Gaza, a motive the card only gestures at.
    New angle: El-Sayed led the Uncommitted movement against Biden in Michigan's primary, and Harris was on the ticket it opposed.
  3. The Dan Bongino Show, 2026-09-26 (35:53 to 40:59)
    Mocks Harris stumping for El-Sayed
    Plays a clip of Harris stumping for El-Sayed and mocks her line that the attack on DEI is an attack on maternal care. A retelling of the same Michigan stop, with the hosts' own contempt doing the work.
  4. The Dan Bongino Show, 2026-10-22 (53:25 to 54:21)
    Tees up Harris's Michigan stop for El-Sayed
    Bongino tees up a Harris campaign-trail clip, calling her the worst presidential candidate in U.S. history and framing her return as a sign of Democratic weakness. It sets up the Michigan stop without adding anything new to the record.
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