A peculiar video circulated on X Monday showing a woman struggling to articulate her endorsement of Democrat U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, while the Michigander and a staffer nudge her on.
Noted Eric Daugherty: “Abdul El Sayed has this woman out vouching for him but it looks like a hostage video. Abdul keeps nudging in, pushing her to keep going She does not look like she wants ANYTHING TO DO with this Jihadist! Straight-up struggling to read the campaign-fed talking points. Yikes …”
Commentator Benny Johnson agreed, asking on X, “What is going on here?”
The woman is seen flipping through pages on the lectern before finally speaking.
WATCH:
YIKES: Abdul El-Sayed Press Conferences look more like a hostage situation.
What is going on here? pic.twitter.com/pcHzpdSbbX
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) August 31, 2026
X users chimed in:
“She didn’t want to say those things, she was trying to decide how badly she needed her job. Her job won.”
“Muslims forcing a black women in #Michigan to submit now. Forcing a woman to read your boilerplate political propaganda statement against their will does not earn you voters in America! Very scary!”
El-Sayed faces Republican Rep. Mike Rogers in November’s election.
