However, when Acosta welcomed Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed to his Friday podcast, Acosta hosted a strategy planning session disguised as an interview as he wondered how El-Sayed would respond to his critics who are “obviously steeped in Islamophobia” and who accuse him of being a socialist. I guess they're not even gonna take the time to listen to you and Mike Rogers have a debate or—they're all in. But I mean, a lot of this is obviously steeped in Islamophobia, which is obviously horrible.” They've now pledged that they're gonna back Mike Rogers,… pic.twitter.com/rWanlgx30N — Alex Christy (@alexchristy17) August 8, 2026That’s just dumb. Later, the strategizing shifts to health care as Acosta endorses El-Sayed's Medicare for All scheme, "I do think that we should have national health care in this country.