El-Sayed touts endorsement from pastor who praised notorious antisemite infamous for calling Jews ‘termites’

Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is enthusiastically touting the endorsement of Horace Sheffield III, an influential Detroit pastor and radio host who once heaped praise on Nation of Islam minister Louis Farrakhan. Sheffield endorsed El-Sayed on air in November 2025, with the Senate hopeful issuing a press release to commemorate the occasion and saying that he was "deeply honored" to have his support. In May 2013, Sheffield gave a speech introducing Farrakhan to a gathering of