{"id":36449,"date":"2026-08-10T12:45:23","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T07:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=36449"},"modified":"2026-08-10T12:45:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T07:45:23","slug":"gavin-newson-and-abdul-el-sayed-party-over-principle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=36449","title":{"rendered":"Gavin Newson and Abdul El-Sayed: Party over principle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<p>Gavin Newsom\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/08\/09\/us-news\/gavin-newsom-confirms-hell-meet-with-radical-dem-senate-hopeful-abdul-el-sayed\/\">decision to endorse and campaign for<\/a> radical left-wing Democrat Abdul El-Sayed is a betrayal of California voters and of the liberal principles he claims to uphold.<\/p>\n<p>El-Sayed is a slick operator who used the enthusiasm of the left-wing base to eke out a primary win against Representative Haley Stevens in the race for US Senate in Michigan.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"40265776\"><br \/>\n\t<default:svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"icon-plus\" fill=\"#fff\" viewbox=\"0 0 1033 1000\" width=\"1em\" height=\"1em\"><default:path d=\"M380 364V0h273v355h380v290H653v355H380V645H0V355h380v9z\"\/><\/default:svg><br \/>\n<\/button><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" 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(max-width: 764px) 100vw, 764px\"\/><figcaption>Gavin Newsom\u2019s decision to endorse and campaign for radical left-wing Democrat Abdul El-Sayed is a betrayal of California voters and of the liberal principles he claims to uphold. <span class=\"credit\">USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The \u201cprogressive\u201d El-Sayed owns homes on three continents, yet poses as the champion of the working class, making socialist promises like \u201cMedicare for All\u201d \u2014 which, as Newsom knows, failed in California because the cost of paying for illegal immigrants was unsustainable.<\/p>\n<p>But the real problem with El-Sayed is that he empathizes with terrorists, and harbors a hatred for Jews that he cannot hide.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, when an Islamic terrorist attacked a synagogue near Detroit, with dozens of schoolchildren inside, El-Sayed condemned the attack \u2014 but then <a href=\"https:\/\/abdulforsenate.com\/2026\/03\/video-abdul-el-sayed-reflects-on-temple-israel-attack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tried to justify it<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He blamed the attack on the fact that the attacker \u201clost family \u2026 in an airstrike on Lebanon\u201d the week before. And who was his \u201cfamily\u201d? A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/israel-defense-forces-ayman-mohamad-ghazali-brother-michigan-synagogue-suspect-hezbollah-commander\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">commander in Hezbollah<\/a>, the terror group that fires rockets at Israeli civilians.<\/p>\n<p>El-Sayed also campaigned with extremist podcaster Hasan Piker, who <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/08\/07\/us-news\/abdul-el-sayed-refuses-to-distance-himself-from-anti-israel-extremist-hasan-piker\/\">said<\/a> the US \u201cdeserved 9\/11,\u201d and said he <a href=\"https:\/\/jewishinsider.com\/2026\/04\/hasan-piker-hamas-support-orphan-children\/\">preferred<\/a> terrorist Hamas to democratic Israel. Piker likes to point out that he has apologized for the first statement. He has never apologized for the second.<\/p>\n<p>El-Sayed cannot bring himself to say that Israel has a right to exist. And after he won the primary, he <a href=\"https:\/\/jewishinsider.com\/2026\/08\/el-sayed-calls-israel-bloodthirsty-ahead-of-senate-primary-win\/?emci=be4816e8-d091-f111-9b33-000d3a11fa30&amp;emdi=9ee98351-7292-f111-9b33-000d3a11fa30&amp;ceid=12245269\">called Israel \u201cbloodthirsty\u201d<\/a> \u2014 a slanderous accusation against a free people who have been fighting a defensive war they did not start.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"40265780\"><br \/>\n\t<default:svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"icon-plus\" fill=\"#fff\" viewbox=\"0 0 1033 1000\" width=\"1em\" height=\"1em\"><default:path d=\"M380 364V0h273v355h380v290H653v355H380V645H0V355h380v9z\"\/><\/default:svg><br \/>\n<\/button><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"40265780\" width=\"885\" 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https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/governor-gavin-newsom-speaks-event-136761378_2697bc.jpg?resize=200,133&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/governor-gavin-newsom-speaks-event-136761378_2697bc.jpg?resize=231,154&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 231w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/governor-gavin-newsom-speaks-event-136761378_2697bc.jpg?resize=322,215&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 322w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/governor-gavin-newsom-speaks-event-136761378_2697bc.jpg?resize=662,441&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 662w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/governor-gavin-newsom-speaks-event-136761378_2697bc.jpg?resize=90,60&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 90w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/governor-gavin-newsom-speaks-event-136761378_2697bc.jpg?resize=120,80&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 120w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/governor-gavin-newsom-speaks-event-136761378_2697bc.jpg?resize=1200,800&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/governor-gavin-newsom-speaks-event-136761378_2697bc.jpg?resize=1038,692&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 1038w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/governor-gavin-newsom-speaks-event-136761378_2697bc.jpg?resize=87,58&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 87w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/governor-gavin-newsom-speaks-event-136761378_2697bc.jpg?resize=50,33&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 885px) 100vw, 885px\"\/><figcaption>Newsom has embraced a candidate who would violate AB 715 if he taught what he believes in the state of California. <span class=\"credit\">Anadolu via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In fact, El-Sayed opposes funding for Iron Dome \u2014 a defensive weapon that keeps Hamas rockets from hitting Israeli civilians and has, in years past, helped Israel avoid going to war.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, El-Sayed says that he loves Jews \u2014 just not Israel, or AIPAC. But half the world\u2019s Jews live in Israel, and Israel is the geographic center of the Jewish faith, as Mecca is for Muslims. It cannot be that the only \u201cgood\u201d Jews are those who reject a key part of their faith.<\/p>\n<p>Israel is hardly the most pressing issue facing voters. But El-Sayed\u2019s positions matter, because the Senate has significant power over foreign policy. They also matter because if we allow antisemites into positions of power, we are marking the decline of our society as a whole.<\/p>\n<div class=\"single__inline-module inline-module inline-module--newsletter aligncenter inline-module--nypostbusinessunit aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-newsletter\" data-source-unit=\"Inline Newsletter Module Cali - Morning Report\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__inner\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__title-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__unsubmitted-title-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"inline-module__title headline headline--combo-sm-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSign up for the California Morning Report newsletter\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCalifornia&#8217;s top news, sports and entertainment delivered to your inbox every day.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"inline-module__title headline headline--combo-sm-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Newsom knows better. Last year, he signed <a href=\"http:\/\/vilification%20of%20Jews%20and%20Israelis\">AB 715<\/a>, which cracks down on antisemitism in California schools, including the \u201cvilification of Jews and Israelis.\u201d Now Newsom has embraced a candidate who would violate that law if he taught what he believes in the state of California.<\/p>\n<p>The governor is pandering to potential presidential primary voters. It is blatant, it is obvious and it is pathetic.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Newsom is putting party ahead of principle. 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