{"id":44089,"date":"2026-08-14T10:07:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T05:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=44089"},"modified":"2026-08-14T10:07:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T05:07:18","slug":"abdul-el-sayeds-blues-clues-michigan-senate-video-mocked-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=44089","title":{"rendered":"Abdul El-Sayed&#8217;s &#8216;Blue&#8217;s Clues&#8217; Michigan Senate video mocked online"},"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>\n<div id=\"beyondwords-wrapper\" data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"beyondwords-wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"label-bg\">NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\">The internet is ripping apart far-left Michigan Democratic Senate nominee <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_5491621\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/abdul-el-sayed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abdul El-Sayed<\/a> after a bizarre &#8220;Blue\u2019s Clues&#8221;-themed campaign video resurfaced showing El-Sayed pleading for votes while dancing and singing along to a jingle from the children\u2019s show.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\">The clip begins with El-Sayed mimicking the &#8220;Mail Time&#8221; segment in &#8220;Blue\u2019s Clues.&#8221; The candidate for U.S. Senate mirrors the host\u2019s exaggerated dance movements, including a little butt wag, and recites the song. He even dons the signature green striped collared shirt.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;Here&#8217;s the mail. It never fails. It makes me want to wag my tail. When it comes, I want to wail, \u2018Mail!\u2019&#8221; El-Sayed recites at the onset of the campaign video.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_5491622\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/el-sayed-pals-around-far-left-streamer-hasan-piker-day-before-crucial-michigan-senate-election\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>EL-SAYED PALS AROUND WITH FAR-LEFT STREAMER HASAN PIKER THE DAY BEFORE CRUCIAL MICHIGAN SENATE ELECTION<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/el-sayed-blues-clues.gif, https:\/\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/el-sayed-blues-clues.gif 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/el-sayed-blues-clues.gif, https:\/\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/el-sayed-blues-clues.gif 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/el-sayed-blues-clues.gif, https:\/\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/el-sayed-blues-clues.gif 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/el-sayed-blues-clues.gif, https:\/\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/el-sayed-blues-clues.gif 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/el-sayed-blues-clues.gif\" alt=\"El-sayed dancing gif\" width=\"2026\" height=\"08\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Abdul El-Sayed dances in a resurfaced &#8220;Blue&#8217;s Clues&#8221;-themed Senate campaign video, sparking online backlash.<\/span> <span>(@abdulelsayed via Instgram)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">The <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_5491623\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/biden-world-veteran-issues-stark-warning-abdul-el-sayed-crosses-party-lines\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michigan socialist<\/a> then pulls out a ballot from the mailbox, which says &#8220;Abdul for Senate,&#8221; and goes on to explain the details and regulations for turning in a ballot.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;It looks like my ballot,&#8221; El-Sayed says in the video. &#8220;And with it, I can participate in democracy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">He then continues to tell the viewers the dates by which the ballot must be turned in and postmarked to be counted. He did so, however, in the same tone as how the &#8220;Blue&#8217;s Clues&#8221; host speaks to his child audience.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;Vote ski-doo. We can too!&#8221; El-Sayed said while shrinking and disappearing into the &#8220;Abdul for Senate&#8221; picture frame behind him.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">This copied yet another bit from the television series, &#8220;Blue\u2019s Skidoo, we can too!&#8221; where the host would became part of the cartoon background.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;Um, wut?&#8221; Sen. <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_5491624\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/ted-cruz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ted Cruz<\/a>, R-Texas, posted to X about the video.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">The clip <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_5491625\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/lifestyle\/viral-videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">went viral<\/a> on social media Wednesday, and supporters from the left argued the video is playful campaigning. But conservatives tore into El-Sayed for being cringe and infantilizing the election process by appearing to intentionally direct campaign video to children.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">El-Sayed&#8217;s campaign did not respond to Fox News Digital\u2019s request for comment on the video.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_5491626\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/el-sayed-dares-gop-rival-no-pads-football-showdown-senate-feud-turns-personal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>EL-SAYED DARES GOP RIVAL TO NO-PADS FOOTBALL SHOWDOWN AS SENATE FEUD TURNS PERSONAL<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/343\/192\/el-sayed-party1-scaled.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/686\/384\/el-sayed-party1-scaled.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/672\/378\/el-sayed-party1-scaled.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1344\/756\/el-sayed-party1-scaled.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/931\/523\/el-sayed-party1-scaled.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1862\/1046\/el-sayed-party1-scaled.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/720\/405\/el-sayed-party1-scaled.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1440\/810\/el-sayed-party1-scaled.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1200\/675\/el-sayed-party1-scaled.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Abdul El-Sayed\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive candidate for U.S. Senate in Michigan, films a social media video at a pool party for content creators supporting his campaign Aug. 3, 2026, in Detroit.<\/span> <span>(AP Photo\/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;This is genuinely disgusting and patronizing,&#8221; one user said. &#8220;Treating adult citizens and massive economic issues like a gentle episode of Blue\u2019s Clues is a complete joke. Stop weaponizing our childhood nostalgia for a cynical election campaign. We aren&#8217;t children, and we want real.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;Could be the worst thing I\u2019ve ever seen in my life,&#8221; said another.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Yet another user wrote, &#8220;Perhaps the most cringeworthy political advert I\u2019ve ever seen. You could hold a gun to my head and I\u2019d still not film this video. What sort of voter finds it appealing to be spoken to like a toddler watching Blue\u2019s Clues?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;Perfectly appropriate if one believes his voters have the intellect of 4 year olds. It\u2019s so much easier to trick them into socialism at that age.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;No one should be allowed to vote for this,&#8221; another user said. &#8220;Like, no one. Sorry. This cannot be encouraged.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_5491627\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/haley-stevens-condemns-hasan-piker-rallies-behind-el-sayed-narrow-primary-loss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>HALEY STEVENS CONDEMNS HASAN PIKER BUT RALLIES BEHIND EL-SAYED AFTER NARROW PRIMARY LOSS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">The video was part of the early days of El-Sayed\u2019s <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_5491629\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/elections\/campaigning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">campaign<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">After El-Sayed narrowly defeated moderate Rep. Haley Stevens , D-Mich., in the cutthroat primary election Aug. 5, the clip has reemerged and gone viral. El-Sayed will face off against Republican Mike Rogers in the battle for Michigan\u2019s Senate seat in November.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">The controversial progressive has campaigned with <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_5491631\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/david-marcus-why-too-late-dems-ditch-piker-america-hating-socialism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">socialist streamer Hasan Piker<\/a>, known for saying &#8220;America deserved 9\/11,&#8221; praised Mao Zedong and Communist China, argued that capitalists should be murdered in the streets and spewed a litany of antisemitic comments.<\/p>\n<p> <!----> <!----> <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Hannah is a Production Assistant for the Politics team at Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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