El-Sayed said his Friday conversation with Obama was “really warm and inspiring.” It was very warm, very inviting, and I know that he knows the critical role that Michigan is going to play,” El-Sayed told NBC’s “Meet the Press.” Rogers has released a video message attempting to appeal to Democrats who feel their party may be moving too far to the left with El-Sayed. During an interview Sunday with CNN’s “State of the Union,” El-Sayed acknowledged that “we aired our differences” in the heated primary. “You’re seeing folks come together,” El-Sayed said, before adding of moderate Democrats, “We might see the world differently.