Valuetainment - August 10, 2026


"Mr. Rogers or Hezbollah" - First Muslim Senate Candidate Wins Michigan Democratic Primary

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00:00:17.280 Michigan, there's a guy named Abdul El Saeed who won the Democratic Senator primary race,
00:00:24.280 and there's been a lot of controversy behind it.
00:00:27.740 one of the things that's very interesting is with this guy he is telling a story about how his
00:00:32.420 only fan how his instagram algorithm all it does i want you to watch this and this went viral i
00:00:38.980 watch at first i kept seeing this guy like this i'm like why is why they're showing this video
00:00:43.620 why is this going viral this guy's a pretty smart guy by the way i think he won valedictorian
00:00:47.240 when he graduated he's not a life but i think he's a doctor i think he's he's done stuff so
00:00:51.640 it's not like he is very well spoken but this is one of the things that he said that it's just
00:00:57.260 extremely funny and everybody retweeted and said should we tell him watch this clip go for it about
00:01:02.120 if you're on instagram my team has has access to my instagram account and like the things that i
00:01:07.320 actually look at on instagram right of course we get served that on your for you page but then like
00:01:12.180 every third video that scrolls on its own is going to be some only fans model and it's because it
00:01:18.220 clocked me as being a 40 some year old man did you guys get it clocked him yeah clocked him so
00:01:24.740 Is that true for him?
00:01:25.400 That's what he looks at.
00:01:26.100 No, no, but what he's saying is.
00:01:27.320 I don't know if you know.
00:01:28.020 That's what he looks at.
00:01:28.520 That's what he looks at. 0.98
00:01:29.500 He just said, I look at porn.
00:01:31.900 Antonio, please check what Vinny's Explore page is.
00:01:35.000 Check your phone.
00:01:36.080 No, no, I'm asking.
00:01:36.840 What do you think you're going to see on Vinny's phone?
00:01:38.720 I would say legs.
00:01:40.020 Oh, what do you see?
00:01:40.880 What do you see?
00:01:42.220 What?
00:01:42.860 All animals.
00:01:43.440 It's all animals.
00:01:44.160 I don't think it's show that because I do voiceovers.
00:01:46.580 You know why?
00:01:47.220 It just means that's all he watches.
00:01:48.440 And I say not interested because I don't want that.
00:01:50.240 But he's also kind of into like Biscali a little bit.
00:01:52.820 I'm just kidding.
00:01:54.180 I'm kidding.
00:01:55.000 But the point is, you were making the point, Pat. 0.81
00:01:57.660 So he looks at porn every day.
00:01:59.240 That's what he does.
00:01:59.720 If that's on your algorithm, that's who you are.
00:02:01.500 That's it.
00:02:01.780 I'm sorry.
00:02:02.280 That's what you're looking at.
00:02:03.200 Yeah, he just proved it. 1.00
00:02:04.700 He looks at naked girls, feet, boobs, butts. 1.00
00:02:08.660 Here's Tom. 1.00
00:02:09.240 Here's Tom's.
00:02:10.660 Formula One, car restorations.
00:02:12.540 That would be mine.
00:02:13.020 Golf.
00:02:13.720 There you go.
00:02:14.620 Guys, I'm going to sit this one.
00:02:15.740 I'm going to plead the fifth.
00:02:16.280 Let's check our phone to see what we're looking at.
00:02:17.780 I'm going to plead the fifth on my page.
00:02:18.860 Do it.
00:02:19.320 Do it.
00:02:19.600 What do you have?
00:02:20.020 What a great presidential debate.
00:02:21.600 Hold up your Insta.
00:02:23.260 I showed it to my...
00:02:24.420 Okay, go ahead.
00:02:25.520 So, mine is fighting.
00:02:27.940 I got politics.
00:02:29.840 I got baseball cards.
00:02:31.640 I got bodybuilding.
00:02:33.040 Vinny, this is what I got here.
00:02:34.020 I see it.
00:02:34.680 Okay, so that's what I got here.
00:02:36.460 I'll let you validate this.
00:02:37.600 Business content.
00:02:38.700 Muhammad Ali, Chaz Palminteri watches.
00:02:41.760 I'm going to let you validate it.
00:02:42.880 Because you're... 1.00
00:02:43.320 Oh, it's all chicks. 1.00
00:02:44.080 What is it? 1.00
00:02:44.860 Comedy?
00:02:45.940 Basketball?
00:02:46.580 Grinder.
00:02:49.040 Come on, Pat.
00:02:49.800 Don't put me out like that.
00:02:51.060 Can I get it?
00:02:51.600 Come on, Pat.
00:02:52.140 What do you see?
00:02:52.720 No, it's a lot of basketball and comedy is what you have.
00:02:56.060 There we go.
00:02:56.940 So, like, but here's the thing.
00:02:58.900 So let's go to it.
00:03:00.120 So, Adam, so if, first of all, him winning, if you want to play the clip from Hassan Piker,
00:03:06.340 I think it's because Hassan Piker right now, the Democrats are receiving.
00:03:09.180 Like, everyone being like, here's what he had to say about this candidate.
00:03:12.780 Two Democrats.
00:03:13.660 Watch him. 0.73
00:03:14.020 Go for it. 1.00
00:03:14.520 Like, everyone being like, Abdullah's a fuckton of work to do, mending bridges. 0.99
00:03:18.860 Here's the fucking take nuke for you, okay? 1.00
00:03:20.940 You are all unbelievably Islamophobic pieces of shit, okay? 1.00
00:03:26.180 Oh, God. 1.00
00:03:27.040 Why do they have to go like that?
00:03:29.580 Well, I'll tell you because I don't know.
00:03:30.740 They're not Democrats.
00:03:31.500 The Democratic Party doesn't exist.
00:03:34.160 I'll tell you something right now, if I may, 1.00
00:03:36.460 because guys like that are the scum of the earth, okay? 1.00
00:03:41.080 Their families aren't from here. 1.00
00:03:42.200 They come here, and all they do...
00:03:43.860 Can we set up a boxing match with me again?
00:03:46.020 Can we do like a celebrity boxing match?
00:03:48.080 I want to say this piece about people like Hassan Piper,
00:03:51.260 and I'm going to get into this Abdul Saeed, who says,
00:03:53.180 if you can't say my last name, I'll say whatever the hell I want, okay?
00:03:56.440 This guy has openly said, Hassan Piper, not patriotic.
00:04:00.580 This guy dresses up, cosplays like Mao from China.
00:04:05.120 He has no identity.
00:04:06.260 He just goes with the wind.
00:04:08.040 He wants to soak in capitalist blood. 1.00
00:04:11.840 He says to kill freaking politicians. 1.00
00:04:13.940 This guy is the most anti-American. 1.00
00:04:16.060 when i signed up for the military they said you make an oath to to protect this country from
00:04:21.220 enemies foreign and domestic that's the domestic one that they keep talking about that nobody really
00:04:26.440 sees okay those are the guys okay and he's representing this guy this guy abdul el saeed
00:04:31.860 democrats want to win he's not a socialist okay are you surprised though no no no no no i'm not
00:04:36.600 but i'm saying it and i want and you mentioned it kind of earlier this this this fight that's
00:04:40.940 coming guess what i'm ready for and i know a lot of americans are too because this guy pat
00:04:45.780 El Saeed, he wants, he's not a socialist
00:04:47.900 he's worse, he wants, he supports
00:04:49.840 Sharia law, he wants to defund the police
00:04:51.820 he wants to support decarceration
00:04:53.880 he wants people out of jail, abolish ICE
00:04:55.720 supports total amnesty
00:04:57.160 backs medical for all, including illegal
00:04:59.740 aliens, they all have the same thing
00:05:01.260 he supports a billionaire tax
00:05:02.980 and the DSA backs him, he campaigned
00:05:05.860 with known communists, bro 0.98
00:05:07.620 Hassan Piker is a freaking communist 0.90
00:05:09.940 okay, and then buddy, there's a 0.98
00:05:11.600 counter-terrorism expert, Pat, he was in front of
00:05:13.740 congress with uh ted cruz that we were talking about earlier kyle uh shidler i guess he testified
00:05:18.520 about this guy he said that his ties to m gauge which is close ties to uh the council of american
00:05:24.400 islamic relations and his father-in-law's leadership roles in the muslim brotherhood
00:05:28.840 linked organizations uh then he confirmed that the muslim brotherhood uh partners with democratic
00:05:35.300 socialists of america and michigan voters deserve answers about this guy and who he is and i hope
00:05:40.500 Guys, the fight is here.
00:05:42.060 It's no longer, hey, they're coming in there, whatever,
00:05:44.760 because the goal is what?
00:05:46.140 The goal is what? 0.99
00:05:47.300 To put as much people, flood the system, try the Sharia law, 1.00
00:05:50.780 but I'm telling you right now, they came to the wrong effing place, 1.00
00:05:53.220 and I'm sorry, Pat, because it's true.
00:05:55.380 And people are worried about these people.
00:05:57.020 I'm not because I'm going to bring on the point.
00:05:58.080 So there's a clip of him being asked to disavow Hassan Piker,
00:06:03.640 and I think he refuses.
00:06:05.280 Obviously.
00:06:05.620 If this is the clip, go for it and play.
00:06:07.380 Go ahead.
00:06:07.580 We got two clips to play.
00:06:08.480 He said that you need to renounce people like the left-wing streamer, Hassan Piker, who was campaigning with you, who was out there in Michigan on Monday night, I believe last night as well.
00:06:19.400 Do you have any plans to do that?
00:06:23.880 Look, I'll tell you this. I'm less focused on folks who are campaigning with me, more focused on the folks I'm campaigning to.
00:06:30.020 And I think it's important to stay in touch with the folks who you want to elect you.
00:06:34.760 Good rehearsal.
00:06:35.540 You rehearsed that a thousand times.
00:06:37.120 The people told you what to say and all that stuff with that little smirks.
00:06:40.440 Very well spoken.
00:06:41.780 Never underestimate the power of a great communicator.
00:06:45.640 This guy, if you see how he speaks, play the clip.
00:06:48.560 The allies are launching is already more bitter.
00:06:52.660 All you got to do is look at the ads you're already watching on TV started today.
00:06:56.900 You know, they think that you want to use my whole name against me.
00:06:59.740 Mike, listen, man, if you can't say the name, it's Abdurrahman. 1.00
00:07:02.480 Keep the name out your damn mouth. 0.99
00:07:03.700 Look who's clapping. 1.00
00:07:07.740 White liberal women. 1.00
00:07:08.700 Look who's clapping there. 1.00
00:07:09.980 Look, they're so happy.
00:07:11.140 They don't even understand what he said.
00:07:12.500 Yeah, yeah, whatever.
00:07:13.780 The difference between him and Mamdani is Mamdani is able to hide his rage and anger.
00:07:23.480 This guy's rage and anger comes out.
00:07:25.620 Open.
00:07:26.360 Open door.
00:07:27.160 The guy's rage and anger comes out.
00:07:28.460 So we'll see.
00:07:29.060 I mean, look, the person he went up against, Adam, you were saying she looked like who
00:07:33.340 What did you say his opponent was?
00:07:34.780 Oh, look, the girl that he beat in Michigan is, like, a female Chris Farley, they say. 0.99
00:07:40.260 But she's entertaining, the Haley Stephens. 1.00
00:07:42.200 But how much money did she spend? 0.94
00:07:43.380 But this should be a warning.
00:07:45.560 Like, they spent so much money on her, and you didn't win. 1.00
00:07:49.740 This is the epitome of the Democratic Party right now. 1.00
00:07:52.280 Hey, Michiganders, what's going on here? 0.93
00:07:53.960 Haley Stephens here. 0.61
00:07:55.560 We have to beat this New Hammond guy.
00:07:58.480 Literally.
00:07:59.320 I mean, there's footage of it.
00:08:00.640 But, Adam, prove me wrong.
00:08:01.840 Can I ask you a question?
00:08:02.520 This guy, Abdul Muhammad, is going to come about it.
00:08:05.100 But let me ask you a question.
00:08:06.680 How much money, Conor?
00:08:07.980 Can you find out how much money?
00:08:09.780 A lot of money, Vinny.
00:08:11.140 Play it.
00:08:12.200 I am going to be working on our behalf.
00:08:14.960 I am going to be telling the stories on our behalf.
00:08:18.980 And you better believe I'm going to be doing it with a little bit of joy,
00:08:22.880 a little bit of enthusiasm, a little bit of energy.
00:08:24.880 Oh, boy.
00:08:25.280 Tom is here.
00:08:26.200 Tom is here.
00:08:27.320 Leave it in a van down by the rim.
00:08:29.300 Vinny, go for it.
00:08:31.000 It's getting worse.
00:08:31.780 Wait, I don't even know what my point is.
00:08:33.220 Vinny, we got to get on the right track.
00:08:34.860 How much money was raised?
00:08:35.680 So my point is, my point is, look at where, and we've talked about this before.
00:08:39.560 I'm not going to be the dead horse.
00:08:40.780 Look at where the Democratic Party is right now. 1.00
00:08:42.980 The person that they really wanted was her. 0.98
00:08:45.300 That's why they put all the money, all the donors.
00:08:47.480 You can't win with a guy because guess what?
00:08:49.860 When we talked about the affordability and everything that's happening right now,
00:08:52.980 this youth, these young movement, all those liberals and the people,
00:08:56.020 I don't see any Middle Easterns.
00:08:57.500 Where are all the Abdul Abdel Abdel Abdel?
00:08:59.220 Where are y'all at behind him? 0.67
00:09:00.760 It's a show. 0.99
00:09:01.200 The white people and liberals that are going to be voting for this freaking guy, because guess what the promise is? 1.00
00:09:06.580 Free stuff and to hell with rich guys. 1.00
00:09:09.080 Rich guys. 1.00
00:09:09.780 People like Pat and Elon, they're the problem. 1.00
00:09:12.080 Are you stupid? 1.00
00:09:13.060 You know how many jobs these people are creating? 1.00
00:09:15.920 You know how they're moving the markets?
00:09:17.300 Tom, I know we want to move on, but words talk, numbers scream.
00:09:20.180 How about some numbers?
00:09:21.340 We can pick on her all we want. 0.99
00:09:23.520 He beat her by 1.1 points. 0.97
00:09:26.220 So let's subjectively look at her and say, that's a weak candidate, man.
00:09:31.260 That is not an inspiring candidate.
00:09:33.700 And here's what happened.
00:09:35.600 There was a surge in the, remember, two things about elections.
00:09:42.180 Emotion, emotion, emotion.
00:09:43.500 Turnout, turnout, turnout.
00:09:45.200 This was, ready for this, Pat?
00:09:48.020 This turnout was the biggest turnout for a summer primary in Michigan history.
00:09:54.400 So in other words, the people turned out to vote in the primary and took it seriously, and he won by one point.
00:10:02.960 But the Democrats controlled the votes.
00:10:04.580 Remember, I ran for office, and I won my primary in California.
00:10:07.960 I mean, it was the bluest state in every way, shape, or form.
00:10:12.460 They win by controlling the votes.
00:10:14.260 But this was their primary.
00:10:15.280 This was their primary.
00:10:16.500 But now let's look inside.
00:10:18.560 What happened? 0.99
00:10:19.720 Take a look at her candidacy. 0.98
00:10:21.880 Right. 1.00
00:10:22.080 She carried African-American vote outside of the deep blue center cities, number one. 1.00
00:10:28.540 Number two, when it was 40 percent had a college degree and female, he wins by 10 points. 1.00
00:10:36.280 There's your angry, angry middle female vote.
00:10:40.620 And lastly, number scream is the pollsters that were out there had him winning. 0.83
00:10:46.100 The Democrat-leaning pollsters had him winning by 10.1 points.
00:10:50.020 The RCP, RealClearPolitics Consensus, a week before had it by 10.
00:10:54.920 It turns out to be one.
00:10:56.360 This is going to be closer than people think.
00:10:58.920 And what we can't miss, Pat, is underneath this, he's got trouble with the Michigan voters, with the black voters.
00:11:05.480 He's got trouble who were not buying this.
00:11:08.200 So we can see the headline.
00:11:09.940 He wins, but underneath, not by much.
00:11:13.000 Against a weak candidate.
00:11:14.640 We'll see what's going to happen there.
00:11:15.880 Adam, you look like you still want to talk.
00:11:17.840 I haven't said anything yet.
00:11:18.680 What do you want to – you haven't – you've screamed like a million times already.
00:11:22.280 Not on this story.
00:11:23.120 Really?
00:11:23.640 You didn't scream on Chris Barley and all that stuff?
00:11:26.000 I did talk about Chris Barley, but I didn't make my point yet.
00:11:28.360 You want me to go?
00:11:28.900 Go.
00:11:29.360 Okay.
00:11:30.020 Well, you know, my dad is from Detroit.
00:11:31.840 My dad's from Michigan.
00:11:32.800 We've showed some videos here, which we can pull up.
00:11:34.920 I actually respect this guy.
00:11:37.800 Why do I respect this guy?
00:11:39.620 He's telling you exactly who he is, and I respect that.
00:11:43.140 Number one, my dad's from Detroit, Michigan.
00:11:45.540 We can play those clips in a second.
00:11:47.520 This guy went to the University of Michigan.
00:11:49.060 He roots for Go Blue.
00:11:49.840 He gave a great speech as a valedictorian or something in 2007.
00:11:53.820 You went to Michigan.
00:11:54.680 You graduated.
00:11:55.820 My dad went to Michigan.
00:11:56.940 Respect to you.
00:11:57.880 That's where the respect starts to wane.
00:12:00.600 I actually respect the move that they're doing.
00:12:03.040 If you have a radical base in certain cities, in Dearborn, or in Minneapolis, or in L.A.,
00:12:11.100 New York, you know that you have 20, 30, 40, 50,000 people who are going to vote for you.
00:12:15.860 It's a smart approach.
00:12:17.580 I respect that.
00:12:18.840 Now, who are these people, these constituency?
00:12:20.920 I have some questions about.
00:12:22.800 The biggest litmus test that I have, Pat, is what do I always rock?
00:12:26.960 The American flag.
00:12:28.540 My litmus test is how do you feel about the flag?
00:12:31.780 And I'm very certain I know how MAGA and most Americans feel about the flag.
00:12:36.300 Then there's this whole corner on the left with this horseshoe right
00:12:39.600 that I don't think they like the flag.
00:12:42.120 I don't think they...
00:12:42.820 No, I have no respect for the flag.
00:12:43.960 Hillary Clinton went famous in 2016.
00:12:47.180 What did she call the Trump voters? 0.91
00:12:48.940 The basket of deplorables. 0.99
00:12:50.900 This basket of haters hates America.
00:12:54.620 They hate the foundation of America.
00:12:56.500 And ultimately, it's going to be MAGA versus the DSA.
00:13:00.620 And that's what's going to happen.
00:13:01.380 Now, this is what I saw when I went to Michigan.
00:13:03.820 Just at the airport, I thought that I was in Israel and I saw less of this.
00:13:08.960 We played this clip a couple months ago.
00:13:10.780 I'm in Detroit, and I just want to bring you into speed on what's going on here.
00:13:15.560 There's a couple other videos, but they're all full.
00:13:18.020 So if that's what you want America to look like, cool, vote for that. 0.99
00:13:22.500 But I think America does not want to look like Sharia law. 0.94
00:13:25.520 And that's why I think this guy's going to lose. 0.98
00:13:27.720 And this is also why I think 2028, the DSA is going to be a topic you cannot avoid,
00:13:33.540 and an AOC stands a massive chance of being the candidate.
00:13:36.940 Whether you like it or not, she's going to be formidable 0.70
00:13:40.220 because Newsom's lied so much that even Democrats are getting tired of Newsom.
00:13:45.280 Do you know the name of the candidate that's running against Al-Sayed?
00:13:48.800 Who?
00:13:49.320 His name is Mike Rogers.
00:13:50.740 Remember that name?
00:13:51.680 He's like a typical Republican Mr. Rogers neighborhood. 0.81
00:13:55.620 So in Michigan, they're going to have a choice between Mr. Rogers or Hezbollah. 0.69
00:13:59.720 Yeah, but you know how you win these campaigns in reality because I ran it? 0.52
00:14:03.260 How much money is he raising?
00:14:04.480 If he raises $500,000 and the other guy, this individual that we're talking about, raises $1 billion?
00:14:11.960 $1 billion?
00:14:12.720 Why not?
00:14:13.200 Well, I mean, we're talking tens of millions of dollars in this race.
00:14:15.800 Yeah, but I'm saying they raised so much money. 0.91
00:14:18.200 The girl I ran against that doesn't even live in my district. 0.56
00:14:22.780 And she lives in Santa Monica, somewhere else.
00:14:24.420 But she was able to raise so much money in donors, $25,000 here, $50,000.
00:14:29.180 Was she part of the DSA?
00:14:30.140 And the Republican Party did not support anybody in California.
00:14:34.180 Yeah.
00:14:34.480 They don't get, I got like $5,000 checks from some senator or whatever.
00:14:38.780 I mean, they get hundreds and hundreds of thousands of dollars.
00:14:41.980 That's how you work.
00:14:42.360 Follow the money.
00:14:43.260 We are officially three weeks away from the Vol Conference.
00:14:47.160 Three weeks away from the Vol Conference.
00:14:49.020 And for those of you guys that got CO tickets, Alex Spiral will be joining us in the CO session.
00:14:55.680 Alex Spiral, if you don't know, he's Musk's lawyer, Bezos' lawyer, top seven richest men in America out of top ten.
00:15:02.100 He's their lawyer.
00:15:02.940 He's the guy that people fear.
00:15:04.720 He'll be in there talking.
00:15:05.760 And then when Joe Montana and Jerry Rice interview happens, that'll be done by Stephen A. Smith.
00:15:09.600 We're going to have a good time.
00:15:10.660 It's going to be phenomenal.
00:15:11.600 So with that being said, I want you to watch this clip, and then I'll tell you more, and then we'll get into the podcast.
00:15:16.000 Go for it.
00:15:16.440 A lot of times people say, Pat, if I come to the Vol Conference, you're in the insurance industry.
00:15:19.940 You're in the media business.
00:15:20.900 You're in consulting.
00:15:21.700 I'm in construction.
00:15:22.940 I'm in dental.
00:15:23.820 I'm a doctor.
00:15:24.580 I'm a surgeon.
00:15:25.140 If you come to the Vol Conference, you talk to the person to your left or your right, 100-plus industries will attend the Vol Conference
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00:15:39.540 expanding in a new marketplace, marketing, storytelling,
00:15:42.420 how to balance it all with your family.
00:15:44.080 All of it is transferable to any other industry.
00:15:46.580 So whatever industry you're a part of,
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00:15:50.540 There you go.
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