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Michigan Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed appeared to have deleted a tweet calling for reparations for Indigenous people on Thanksgiving, according to a report by the Washington Free Beacon.
In a follow-up tweet, El-Sayed clarified that he meant "descendants" instead of ancestors.
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Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed reportedly deleted a post calling for reparations for Indigenous people on Thnaksgiving. (Evan Cobb for The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Fox News Digital reached out to the El-Sayed campaign for comment.
Though El-Sayed has not frequently discussed the idea of reparations, video footage from the Michigan-based outlet The Gander featured El-Sayed discussing the importance of reparations for Black and Indigenous people.
"I believe we owe it to engage in reparations...There are so many ways in which we need to have a conversation about reparations. We need to invest in reparations. We need reparations in this country," El-Sayed said in a video posted on May 12.
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Abdul El- Sayed has been accused of deleting other controversial social media posts supporting calls to "defund the police." (Monica Morgan/Getty Images)
El-Sayed was also accused of deleting several "defund the police" posts in November.
"Most major US cities spend WAY TOO MUCH on police departments to police poverty & WAY TOO LITTLE on public schools, health departments, recreation departments, & housing to eliminate poverty," El-Sayed wrote in a June 2020 post, just several weeks after the death of George Floyd. "Fixing that is what the #Defund movement is about."
In a separate post, he wrote, "The police have become standing armies we deploy against our own people."
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Streamer Hasan Piker, left, and Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive candidate in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in Michigan, center right, take a selfie with young fans following a campaign event, Tuesday, April 7, 2026, at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Mich. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP Photo)
El-Sayed's campaign has also been marked by several other controversies, such as campaigning with far-left, anti-Israel Twitch streamer Hasan Piker and suggesting political leaders do a better job understanding the motivations behind terrorists' actions.
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More recently, he has been accused of exaggerating his medical background as a "physician" despite records showing that he has never held a medical license.
Lindsay Kornick is an associate editor for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to lindsay.kornick@fox.com and on Twitter: @lmkornick.
