{"id":4359,"date":"2026-08-12T22:37:35","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T22:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=4359"},"modified":"2026-08-12T22:37:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T22:37:35","slug":"democratic-us-senate-nominee-abdul-el-sayed-claims-toxic-masculinity-at-heart-of-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=4359","title":{"rendered":"Democratic US Senate Nominee Abdul El-Sayed Claims \u2018Toxic Masculinity\u2019 At Heart Of Football"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><!-- \/10519169\/dailycaller_incontent_1 --> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p>What a goof this guy is.<\/p>\n<p>Abdul El-Sayed, a Democratic nominee to represent Michigan in the U.S. Senate, made the argument that \u201ctoxic masculinity\u201d is at the heart of football. He also said that racism, homophobia and misogyny exists in the culture of the sport. And get this, he used to play football himself in high school. <strong>(RELATED: Teddy Bridgewater Retires, Lions Pivot To Joshua Dobbs For Backup Quarterback Duties)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=4357\">Nearly One-In-Six Americans Have Acted On AI Medical Advice Without Speaking To Human, Poll Shows<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The comments were made by El-Sayed in a Substack post from 2021, with the left-winger responding to then-Las Vegas Raiders head coach Jon Gruden resigning from his job. Gruden had emails that became public that contained language considered racist, homophobic and misogynistic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe toxic masculinity at the heart of America\u2019s most popular sport \u2014 and men\u2019s sports culture more generally \u2014 is way deeper than a few emails or a Jay-Z turnaround,\u201d wrote El-Sayed, per The Midwesterner.<\/p>\n<p>Give me a break.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/10519169\/dailycaller_incontent_2 --> <\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the classic progressive playbook nonsense, which is to take a pastime of America, run it through a sociology class mindset, and then declare it too flawed for a future communist nation. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=4356\">Suge Knight Drops New Information Ahead Of Tupac Shakur Murder Trial<\/a><\/p>\n<p>With El-Sayed\u2019s blatant ignorance, he\u2019s telling you that the millions of Americans who enjoy their football every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday aren\u2019t doing it for the love of the game, but actively participating in a system failure based on \u201ctoxic masculinity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Like, what are we even talking about?<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/10519169\/dailycaller_incontent_3 --> <\/p>\n<p>What makes comments like this so ridiculous is the crazy disconnect from reality. Football has done more to cross racial, socio-economic, and political divides than almost any political commentary out there.<\/p>\n<p>Michigan, y\u2019all know what to do. Get out to vote and nix this guy from relevancy.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=4351\">Wife Makes One Of Greatest Mistakes Ever To Achieve Pure Golf Glory For Husband<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abdul El-Sayed, a Democratic nominee to represent Michigan in the U.S. Senate, made the argument that \u201ctoxic masculinity\u201d is at the heart of football.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4358,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2064,57,3565],"class_list":["post-4359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting","tag-abdul-el-sayed","tag-democrats","tag-football"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Democratic US Senate Nominee Abdul El-Sayed Claims \u2018Toxic Masculinity\u2019 At Heart Of Football - 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