Live Roundups Editor's Desk Insights Executive Ops Weather About 🔍
Home › Politics › Mamdani praises El-Sayed’s victory, rejects ‘mini Mamdani’ trope
Politics

Mamdani praises El-Sayed’s victory, rejects ‘mini Mamdani’ trope

Al Jazeera Thursday 06 August 2026, 00:01 UTC 1 min read
Key Points

Mamdani praises El-Sayed’s victory, rejects ‘mini Mamdani’ trope Mamdani praises El-Sayed’s victory, rejects ‘mini Mamdani’ trope New York City’s Mayor Zohran Mamdani congratulated Abdul El-Sayed on winning Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary, praising his focus on healthcare and cost of living. He dismissed Republican claims branding El-Sayed a ‘mini Mamdani’, joking, ‘he can lift a lot more than I can’.

Mamdani praises El-Sayed’s victory, rejects ‘mini Mamdani’ trope Mamdani praises El-Sayed’s victory, rejects ‘mini Mamdani’ trope New York City’s Mayor Zohran Mamdani congratulated Abdul El-Sayed on winning Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary, praising his focus on healthcare and cost of living. He dismissed Republican claims branding El-Sayed a ‘mini Mamdani’, joking, ‘he can lift a lot more than I can’. Published On 6 Aug 2026
Mamdani (PERSON) El-Sayed’s (PERSON) New York City’s (LOCATION) Zohran Mamdani (PERSON) Abdul El-Sayed (PERSON) Michigan (LOCATION) Democratic (ORG) Senate (ORG) Republican (ORG) El-Sayed (ORG)
Originally published by Al Jazeera Read original →

Related Stories

Locals angered after vandals graffiti 100-year-old war memorial

A 100-year-old war memorial remembering local men and women who fought in wars has been vandalised in the Victorian town of Beaufort. Local RSL president Donald Carnes says he is feeling hurt by the vandalism. Victoria Police says it is investigating the incident and are urging anyone with information to contact Crime Stoppers.

ABC Australia 30m ago

Leftist Democrat urges unity after victory in Michigan

Leftist Democrat urges unity after victory in Michigan DETROIT: Left-wing insurgent Abdul El-Sayed called for Democratic unity on Wednesday (Aug 6) after narrowly defeating the party establishment's candidate in Michigan and claiming the nomination for one of November's most important US Senate races. "The things that unite us are so much bigger than the things that divide us," El-Sayed told supporters, promising to build a movement broad enough to include voters who had backed either...

Channel News Asia 32m ago

FAA says Trump’s Marine One briefly flew too close to passenger jet

FAA says Trump’s Marine One briefly flew too close to passenger jet Air traffic controllers at Reagan National airport had failed to pause commercial flights during Marine One’s departure, sources say. US President Donald Trump’s military helicopter Marine One briefly flew too close to a passenger jet taking off from Washington’s Reagan National airport, prompting investigations by both the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National Transportation Safety Board. The FAA said in a...

Al Jazeera 35m ago

How a Hong Kong luxury estate saved HK$1b in renovation cost with tech solutions

Hong Kong homeowners could adopt technology-led preventive maintenance of older buildings to avoid costly large-scale renovation, with the upmarket Residence Bel-Air serving as a viable example that saved residents more than HK$1 billion (US$127.5 million). Allen Ha Wing-on, convenor of the Residence Bel-Air owners’ committee, said while the Wang Fuk Court tragedy was a wake-up call to transform the city’s decades-old practice of conducting major renovation works for ageing estates, the...

South China Morning Post 36m ago