'I Thought Football Was Slavery': Let's Check on How Abdul El-Sayed's Sports Pivot Is Going

With the midterm elections less than three months away, the socialist Democrats are doing some fast one-eighties to try and memory hole their true beliefs. In Wisconsin, former gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong went from wanting to cancel Thanksgiving to loving it, but that came too late to save her campaign.

In Michigan, DSA Democrat Abdul El-Sayed has a lot of cleaning up to do when it comes to his past posts and remarks. El-Sayed was on video saying he hated Mackinac Island, and he also said this about football:

Abdul El-Sayed wrote in 2021 that football was filled with “toxic masculinity” and the sport was racist and homophobic. https://t.co/CB0PKqfDUh

— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) August 10, 2026

Abdul El-Sayed says football culture is slavery,

“Folks who founded this country on the backs of native folks that they destroyed, then captured people, enslaved them and had them work their fields… you kind of see echoed in the ethos of football.”
pic.twitter.com/mn4XYHh72j

— Defiant L’s (@DefiantLs) August 12, 2026

Fast forward to the 2026 midterms approaching, and guess who's a big football fan.

#OnePride https://t.co/GX7cUcuLGf

— Dr. Abdul El-Sayed (@AbdulElSayed) August 13, 2026

Try not to get run over during that fast pivot!

I thought football was slavery, bruh https://t.co/e2UuSrWxlV

— Anna Hoffman (@shoesonplease) August 14, 2026

So you’re just supporting slavery now?

— ALX 🇺🇸 (@alx) August 14, 2026

What's next?

Abdul El-Sayed will be saying he stands with Israel by Nov 3 https://t.co/FgbcKA71cm

— James David Dickson (@downi75) August 13, 2026

Frankly, that wouldn't be surprising. 

Hmmm This you? https://t.co/ZaKP2zyWlV

— jeff wylie (@Wylie93257) August 13, 2026

"Heck yeah, I like football" https://t.co/vFZfMGQDMA pic.twitter.com/zMaziGnDym

— Flappr (@flapprdotnet) August 14, 2026

So much sincerity!

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Editor’s Note: The 2026 Midterms will determine the fate of President Trump’s America First agenda. Republicans must maintain control of both chambers of Congress.

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