A shocking new ad supporting Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed blames Israel for rising grocery prices, triggering allegations of antisemitism.
The spot shows a couple in a grocery store grumbling over the prices of eggs and bananas — and claiming that US aid to Israel is the reason they can’t afford the staples.
“Honey, you’re going to have to put those eggs back,” the woman says. “They like eggs, but we have to set that $7 aside for killing Palestinians.”
“Don’t we give Israel $4 billion a year anyway?” the man asks.
“Yeah, and now we’re giving them another $26 billion,” she explains. “It’s like $161 per person. Apparently it’s costing us a lot of money to drop bombs on Gaza.”
The spot was released by Rebellion PAC, created by “The Young Turks” co-founder Cenk Uygur, and blames the war in Iran for high gas prices before accusing Rogers of being too supportive of Israel.
“Mike Rogers is for they/them,” a narrator says in reference to Israel, twisting a famous pro-Trump ad from the 2024 election cycle. “Abdul El-Sayed is for you.”
Gas prices are at $4.29 a gallon on average nationally, according to the latest data from the American Automobile Association, up $1.24 from this time last year.
A dozen eggs costs about $2.27 on average, while bananas are averaging $0.66 per gram, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics — respectively 30 cents lower and the same price compared to January, before the US and Israel went to war against Iran.
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A shocking new ad supporting Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed blames Israel for rising grocery prices, triggering allegations of antisemitism. The spot shows a couple in a grocer...