WATCH: El-Sayed praised ‘beautiful’ sense of community abroad while trashing US as 'White supremacy'

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. El-Sayed praises Egypt’s community, saying "deeply atomized" Americans are "desperate to feel something." (Credit: Exxodus Pictures via Youtube - Aug. 5 and 2019 University of Michigan School of Public Health Commencement via Youtube - May 7, 2019) Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed described Americans as "desperate to feel something" and lamented that "we’re just all living it alone here" while reflecting on the community he experienced during extended childhood stays in Egypt during a podcast episode last year — remarks uncovered after the candidate recently declared that he "hates" one of his home state’s most iconic destinations. During a late-October 2025 podcast interview, after getting asked what Americans could gain from life "back home," El-Sayed had a one-word answer: "Community." "I think the hardest part about American life