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Hey CNN! El-Sayed Made Himself a 'Boogeyman,' Not the GOP
['Mark Finkelstein', 'Contributing Editor']
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CNN-This-Morning-chyron-scare-tactic-8-10-26On today’s CNN This Morning, host Audie Cornish warned viewers of fear-mongering Republican spin about Michigan Democrat Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed.
But Cornish framed it aggressively:CORNISH: Michigan's Abdul El-Sayed looks like the GOP's latest boogeyman.
DONALD TRUMP: Abdul El-Sayed, lovely gentleman, is a man of hate, and now he's going around saying, "No, I love everybody, I love--" He doesn't love everybody.
@AudieCornish Accuses Republicans of Making El-Sayed a 'Boogeyman and Villain'Actually, El-Sayed is doing it all by himself with his own record, statements, and associations that make him objectionable to many voters—not some manufactured Republican scare campaign.
No, Audie: the GOP is not inventing a villain—it is simply documenting the persona El-Sayed has spent years becoming.