Fox News Host Fails to Shut Down Michigan Senate Candidate Abdul El-Sayed With False Claims
October 7, 2026
Abdul el-Sayed: The price of energy has gone away up.
Fox news host: I gotta jump in there. That’s not true. What we’re actually seeing now, the Wall Street Journal put out a piece the other day that said, we’re almost to the level of getting oil out of the strait, and the region…
Abdul el-Sayed: So why are gas prices so high?
Fox news host: …that we were at right before the war started. And I think you are going to start to see them come down. That’s what we’re seeing from economists who are reporting.
Abdul el-Sayed: That’s not what Michiganders are experiencing.
Fox news host: Well, it might take a little while, but the fact is, you know…
Abdul el-Sayed: How much have we paid?
Fox news host: You say we are in a situation of peace. I’m not so sure about that. I want to ask you about a designated well.
Abdul el-Sayed: I just wanna say there was no war. And then there was a war, and more war has made us less safe. It has increased our prices. It has made it so that we don’t know where the prices are going to go tomorrow. I just want to say that the average Michigander looking at this, you know, I spent a lot of time with Michiganders…
Fox news host: And they said that they’re upset about gas prices?
Abdul el-Sayed: It’s not just gas prices. It’s also grocery prices. It’s also the 18 service members who lost their lives. It’s also the fact that you have service members who got deployed and were stuck out at sea without the resources or the rations.
Fox news host: You know, as I do…
Abdul el-Sayed: I’m just saying I don’t think this is…
Fox news host: I am going to jump in now because I can’t let you filibuster. So,
English Script:
Abdul el-Sayed: The price of energy has gone away up.
Fox news host: I gotta jump in there. That’s not true. What we’re actually seeing now, the Wall Street Journal put out a piece the other day that said, we’re almost to the level of getting oil out of the strait, and the region…
Abdul el-Sayed: So why are gas prices so high?
Fox news host: …that we were at right before the war started. And I think you are going to start to see them come down. That’s what we’re seeing from economists who are reporting.
Abdul el-Sayed: That’s not what Michiganders are experiencing.
Fox news host: Well, it might take a little while, but the fact is, you know…
Abdul el-Sayed: How much have we paid?
Fox news host: You say we are in a situation of peace. I’m not so sure about that. I want to ask you about a designated well.
Abdul el-Sayed: I just wanna say there was no war. And then there was a war, and more war has made us less safe. It has increased our prices. It has made it so that we don’t know where the prices are going to go tomorrow. I just want to say that the average Michigander looking at this, you know, I spent a lot of time with Michiganders…
Fox news host: And they said that they’re upset about gas prices?
Abdul el-Sayed: It’s not just gas prices. It’s also grocery prices. It’s also the 18 service members who lost their lives. It’s also the fact that you have service members who got deployed and were stuck out at sea without the resources or the rations.
Fox news host: You know, as I do…
Abdul el-Sayed: I’m just saying I don’t think this is…
Fox news host: I am going to jump in now because I can’t let you filibuster. So,
