A left-wing Michigan Senate candidate is under attack from both parties for saying populist voters on the right and left agree on some things — framed here as the establishment fighting to sink his campaign.

• Abdul El-Sayed, running for Senate in Michigan, said some voters who like Marjorie Taylor Greene will vote for him because they share views on cutting Israel aid, corporate money, and health care costs.
• His point: on issues like health care and foreign policy, the gap between what the public wants and what politicians do comes down to donor money — pharma, insurance, and AIPAC.
• The race is a proxy fight between the party's left (Bernie Sanders, AOC, Warren back El-Sayed) and the establishment (Schumer, Clyburn back rival Haley Stevens, who takes AIPAC money).
• Clyburn suggested an El-Sayed rally lacked black attendees, an attack read here as smearing the Muslim candidate as racist to help his opponent.

Outlook: The El-Sayed–Stevens primary stays bitter, with more establishment attacks likely as the left-wing candidate gains ground.