October 15, 2026 – In April 2023, after a school shooting in Tennessee, Abdul El-Sayed told his YouTube audience he’d like to see the Constitution amended so that a right to health care replaces the right to bear arms. Today he is the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Michigan.

That video is one of roughly 100 that were later made private. Not all of them were political, and El-Sayed’s campaign says the old comments don’t reflect his beliefs today. Fair enough. But there’s a simple way to settle it, and he hasn’t taken it.

He was asked directly

On August 24, Fox News host Jesse Watters asked him point-blank whether he still wants to replace the Second Amendment. El-Sayed answered that more people worry about seeing a doctor than owning a gun. When pressed, he said he’s “perfectly okay with people having their hunting rifles.”

That is not a retraction. A candidate who had changed his mind could have said so in one sentence. His campaign has said he “respects the Second Amendment,” but it has not said which of his earlier views have changed.

Why it matters for a Senate race

No one expects a repeal amendment to pass. It would need two-thirds of both chambers and 38 states. The real stakes are judicial. Every federal judge, up to the Supreme Court, needs Senate confirmation. Fox News Digital reported that El-Sayed argued in earlier videos that the Second Amendment covers only regulated militias. A senator who holds that view doesn’t need a constitutional amendment. He just needs to vote for judges who will read the right narrowly.

The timing is notable. In July, the en banc Third Circuit became the first federal appeals court to strike down a state ban on semi-automatic rifles and magazines over ten rounds. That ruling is stayed while the Supreme Court weighs the issue, so these questions are live, and the next senator will help decide who answers them.

His record points the same direction

His 2018 gubernatorial platform called for banning military-style assault weapons like the AR-15 and large-capacity magazines. On August 14 he accepted the endorsement of GIFFORDS PAC and called it an honor. None of this is hidden. It is simply the context for the question he won’t answer.

What voters should ask

Michigan voters shouldn’t have to guess. If El-Sayed no longer thinks the Second Amendment should be replaced, he should say so plainly and explain what changed. Until he does, his 2023 words are the only answer on the record.

Source: https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/el-sayed-words-reveal-radical-plan-dismantle-second-amendment