Fact check: Ads take El-Sayed out of context to claim he ‘disrespects women’

Ads in Michigan’s US Senate race claim Abdul El-Sayed has a history of ‘disrespecting women’ based on past comments and sources, which his campaign calls ‘misleading and offensive.’ A fact-check found the cited examples, including policy critiques of Michelle Obama and Gretchen Whitmer, lacked explicit gender-based or misogynistic language. El-Sayed stated the ads have impacted his family, while opponent Haley Stevens denied the claims.