Historic newspaper gives El-Sayed a savage rebuke for hiding his past while endorsing his opponent

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A top newspaper in battleground Michigan is skewering left-wing Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed over past radical rhetoric as it endorses Republican rival former Rep. Mike Rogers in a crucial midterm showdown . The race between El-Sayed and Rogers to succeed retiring Democratic Sen. Gary Peters is a must-win battle for the Democrats as they try to recapture the Senate majority from the GOP. The Detroit News, which has the second-largest newspaper circulation in Michigan, charged in its endorsement of Rogers that El-Sayed "has worked so hard covering his tracks leading up to this Senate race that it's impossible to know who he really is or where he would stand in the Senate." WHO'S UP AND WHO'S DOWN IN THE LATEST FOX NEWS MIDTERM POLLING "He has deleted social media posts that reportedly called into question his attitude about America in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. He's taken down roughly 100 YouTube videos that paint an unflattering picture of him and his cultural views," the conservative-leaning newspaper argued. "A candidate who feels the need to hide his past from voters is not someone who can be trusted to be the same person after Election Day as he was on the campaign trail." As he runs for the Senate, El-Sayed has removed or archived thousands of past social media posts and older podcast/YouTube videos. Some of those past comments include floating the idea of abandoning fireworks on July 4th, suggesting replacing the nation's Second Amendment with the "right to have health care," and one-time support for the "defund the police" movement. El-Sayed, who was captain of his high school football team, also criticized football's ties to toxic masculinity and a "bro culture." DEMOCRACY ’26: STAY UP TO DATE WITH THE FOX NEWS ELECTION HUB The Rogers campaign and other Republicans have blasted El-Sayed for many of his past controversial comments. The El-Sayed campaign said this summer that some of the past comments were removed "to prevent any…