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Abdul El-Sayed argues with Sky News reporter on Michigan election day
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Daily Mail, Washington Examiner and New York Post report that Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed had a heated exchange with Sky News US correspondent James Matthews on Tuesday, election day. The outlets say El-Sayed asked whether Matthews was registered to vote in Michigan and that Matthews said he was not. They report that El-Sayed placed his hands on the reporter’s shoulders and said he wanted zero votes in the United Kingdom and did not care what Matthews thought. Matthews told him the result matters to the world. El-Sayed, who faced Republican Mike Rogers in the race, then told him to stop chasing him and walked off, the outlets say.
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Abdul El-Sayed, a Michigan Democratic Senate candidate, had a heated exchange with Sky News US correspondent James Matthews on election day.
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During the exchange El-Sayed asked whether Matthews was registered to vote in Michigan, and Matthews said he was not.
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El-Sayed placed both hands on Matthews’ shoulders, according to the reports.
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El-Sayed said he wanted zero votes in the United Kingdom and that he did not care what Matthews thought; Matthews said the result matters to the world.
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The exchange came as Michigan Senate election results were coming in on Tuesday night, according to the Washington Examiner.
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Daily Mail, Washington Examiner and New York Post all report that El-Sayed, a Michigan Senate candidate, argued with a Sky News reporter on election day and placed his hands on his shoulders, with the Daily Mail’s headline using the stronger word explodes.
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All three headlines cast the event as a confrontation involving El-Sayed, with the Daily Mail’s use of explodes the most forceful wording and the others focusing on the physical contact and his remarks.
Abdul El-Sayed gets into heated confrontation with British reporter: ‘I do not care’
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…that he is not a registered voter in the state before the Senate hopeful continued undermining the news outlet’s coverage of the midterm elections.
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Abdul El-Sayed Loaded verb“explodes”The verb suggests an outburst of anger, which goes beyond the reported words and actions.More neutral: clashes withDisagree with this highlight? on British reporter during tense exchange in final moments of campaign: 'Stop chasing me'
Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed clashed with a British journalist on election day, accusing him of chasing him around.
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El Sayed puts his hands on Sky News reporter in heated exchange: ‘Stop chasing me around’
Michigan Democrat Abdul el Sayed placed his hands on a Sky News reporter in a heated argument as election results for the Senate race come in on Tuesday night. The Democratic candidate Loaded verb“snapped at”The verb describes the tone of the remark as an angry outburst, which the description does not establish beyond the words quoted.More neutral: questionedDisagree with this highlight? U.S. …
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Abdul El-Sayed gets into heated confrontation with British reporter: ‘I do not care’
“You know how many votes I want to get into the U.K.? Zero,” El-Sayed told him. “I do not care what you think or the questions you ask.”
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