Deutsche Welle has refuted several false claims circulating online following the victory of progressive candidate Abdul El-Sayed in the Democratic Party’s primary for the U.S. Senate in Michigan. On August 4, 41-year-old El-Sayyed secured the party nomination and will face Republican Mike Rogers in the November 3 midterm election for the Senate seat being vacated by Democrat Gary Peters.
One of the hoaxes claimed that El-Sayed received 1.4 million votes in Detroit, even though the city has approximately 480,000 registered voters. According to DW, this story was originally a satire published by the page “America’s Last Line of Defense,” which explicitly states that its content is not real. After the posts were reposted without this disclaimer, the claims began to be presented as true.
The Michigan Voter Information Center reports that there are approximately 7.3 million active registered voters in the state. El-Sayed received 743,455 votes statewide in the Democratic Senate primary, not 1.4 million votes in Detroit alone. DW also noted that U.S. President Donald Trump had previously claimed, without evidence, that more people voted in Wayne County, Michigan, than there were registered voters.
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