Unearthed social media posts contradict El-Sayed’s ‘capitalist’ narrative

By Fox News · Fox News

Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate in Michigan, recently embraced the "capitalist" label and pushed back against being called socialist, but unearthed social media posts contradict that narrative. Recently unearthed social media posts show the Detroit Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) chapter applauding his views on climate advocacy, going so far as to call him a "comrade" in its efforts. "Welcome to the team comrade," the group’s Detroit chapter wrote in a post in 2019 alongside a picture of El-Sayed, then a recent candidate for Michigan governor. Shortly after El-Sayed endorsed Sen. Bernie Sanders , I-Vt., in his presidential bid, the account again praised his support. MICHIGAN SENATE CANDIDATE ENDORSED BY AOC AND BERNIE SANDERS INSISTS HE'S NOT A SOCIALIST "Thank you to our friend and ally Abdul El-Sayed for endorsing Bernie Sanders. Our movement is unstoppable," the group wrote. Although the DSA has not officially endorsed El-Sayed in his Senate bid or affirmed his platform, the DSA’s local support for him may raise questions of increased overlap between his platform and the DSA's official stances. In an interview with The New York Times, El-Sayed described his views on capitalism. "Capitalism is about leveraging the laws of supply and demand to efficiently allocate capital expenditure to maximize value. When capitalism works, it’s because you have free entry and exit into markets," El-Sayed said. "So if you believe in capitalism, you have to believe in government regulation to protect markets. In fact, right now, we have exactly the opposite. You don’t have to be a socialist to believe that you should be taxing billionaires their wealth," he continued. "In fact, if you are a capitalist, you should believe in that. So, I’m a capitalist who just knows about capitalism. I have a bad habit of reading; I’m so sorry." Among other stances, El-Sayed has championed policies like Medicare for All, increasing taxes on the country’s top earner…