El-Sayed’s debate challenge to Rogers sparks backlash over wording, property

Abdul El-Sayed, who won Michigan's Democratic U.S. Senate nomination, challenged Republican nominee Mike Rogers to a series of five debates, telling Rogers he would have "no safe quarter" from being held accountable. The phrasing drew criticism online, with some commentators calling it threatening.

El-Sayed defeated Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., an establishment-backed candidate supported by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., despite being heavily outspent in the primary.

Conservative commentators criticized El-Sayed for attacking Rogers over an out-of-state vacation property while El-Sayed's own financial disclosures show he owns rental properties in Dubai and Bangalore, India, with the Dubai property valued at up to $250,000.

El-Sayed's campaign did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the remarks. He faces Rogers in the general election Nov. 3.

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