Bernie Sanders and AOC just delivered Michigan's Democrat Senate nomination to a man who wants to abolish ICE.
Former Minnesota Vikings captain Jack Brewer watched the results come in and went straight to camera.
His warning to the country after El-Sayed's win is one every American needs to hear.
Abdul El-Sayed Won Michigan's Democrat Senate Primary Running on Medicare for All and Abolishing ICE
Abdul El-Sayed just won Michigan's Democrat Senate primary – and he wants to raise your taxes to pay for a government takeover of American healthcare and put Bernie Sanders and AOC in charge of the Democrat Party's future.
He beat the Democrat establishment's handpicked candidate, Rep. Haley Stevens, by one point – after the party poured tens of millions in outside money trying to stop him.
It wasn’t enough.
Trump reacted the moment the race was called, saying El-Sayed is "a Communist loser who hates Jews and Israel."
Michigan Republican Senate nominee Mike Rogers was blunter: El-Sayed has "his own special sauce of crazy."
Jack Brewer Called El-Sayed's Michigan Senate Win a Warning Shot to America
Jack Brewer played for four NFL teams, captained the Minnesota Vikings, attended the University of Minnesota, and has spent years on the front lines of the America First movement – serving as chair of Opportunity Now and vice chair of the Center for 1776 at the America First Policy Institute.
Every Republican who has been sleeping easy since November 2024 needs to hear what he said next.
"It's good when you see the darkness before you," he said. "You see exactly what we're up against as Americans when we have our major cities, major states, with folks like this winning primaries on the verge of having control of populations of that size."
"It should be a warning shot to America – a warning shot of really where our country is."
"When President Trump won the election, it didn't fix everything," Brewer said. "We've got a lot, lot of things to fix. And it's pretty scary when you start to see these radical leftists starting to gain more and more power across the country."
Former Minnesota Vikings Captain Jack Brewer Tells Minnesota It Is Running Out of Time
Brewer grew up a Vikings fan and played in Minnesota – and he has watched the state he loved get driven into the ground by single-party Democrat rule.
"Stop letting these people that have mental health issues represent you," he told Minnesota voters. "You have people that are psychologically not there, and you're allowing them to represent the state of Minnesota."
His message to Vikings fans ahead of the midterms: "Enough is enough."
Brewer Backed Michele Tafoya for Minnesota Senate and Predicted She Can Win
Former Sunday Night Football sideline reporter Michele Tafoya won the Republican Senate primary in Minnesota.
Brewer didn’t hesitate to throw his support behind her.
"I was very happy," he said. "Michele Tafoya, who's a friend and someone that I highly, highly respect – it's good to see grounded conservative voices stepping up in that state."
Tafoya took more than 52 percent of the vote in a nine-candidate field, winning without the Minnesota Republican Party's convention endorsement.
She ran on name recognition, a Trump-aligned platform, and a message built around the $9 billion fraud scandal Democrats oversaw on their watch.
"Minnesota is going 100 miles an hour in the wrong direction after years of single-party rule," Tafoya said after winning.
No Republican has won a statewide race in Minnesota since 2006.
"I think she has a chance to bring over enough Democratic voters and independents to win that election," Brewer said. "So, I'm praying for her."
"People have common sense in Minnesota," he said. "My message to Minnesota is use the common sense that you have."
Democrat Socialist Wins Are Not Stopping and Jack Brewer Is Telling Republicans Why That Matters
El-Sayed's win is not an isolated upset.
DSA-aligned candidates have posted 27 primary victories in the 2026 cycle – from New York City to Denver, where a first-time socialist knocked out a 14-term Democrat incumbent.
This is a movement.
Brewer has been in the political arena long enough to recognize one.
El-Sayed beat nearly $65 million in opposition money with Sanders and AOC on the trail and a base the Democrat establishment could not slow down.
Minnesota has Tafoya now – someone with a name, a platform, and a reason to win.
Jack Brewer is praying for her.
America should be too.
Sources:
- Jackson Thompson, "Former Vikings captain Jack Brewer reacts to Abdul El-Sayed's Senate primary victory in Michigan," Fox News, August 13, 2026.
- Chad Pergram, "Meet the far-left insurgents waging war on the Democratic establishment in 2026 midterms," Fox News, July 13, 2026.
- "Michele Tafoya wins Republican primary for Minnesota's open U.S. Senate seat," Valley News Live / AP, August 11, 2026.
- "Michele Tafoya wins Minnesota Republican U.S. Senate primary," FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul, August 12, 2026.