Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez endorses Dr. Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary, elevating a progressive who leads recent polls and narrows a close general election matchup with Republican Mike Rogers.El-Sayed backs taxing billionaires, canceling medical debt, Medicare for All, the Green New Deal, ending unrestricted US military aid to Israel and abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a package that energizes grassroots voters.Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senator Elizabeth Warren support other candidates, and outside groups such as the American Israel Public Affairs Committee are pressing the party over El-Sayed’s criticism of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.Democrats say Michigan is indispensable to flipping the Senate; tight polls,
prediction markets favoring the Republican Party and recent insurgent wins make the August primary a consequential measure of the party’s direction.