Bernie Sanders Rallies in Detroit for Michigan Dem Senate Hopeful El-Sayed, House Candidate McKinney

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders rallied Sunday in Detroit, Michigan, with U.S. Senate hopeful Dr. Abdul El-Sayed and U.S. House hopeful state Rep. Donavan McKinney as part of his Fighting Oligarchy tour.

Sanders said the nation needs leaders in Washington with the guts to take on the political establishment of both parties and the oligarchs and economic establishment. "That's why we need Dr. Abdul El-Sayed in the Senate," he said.

El-Sayed supports Medicare-for-all and abolishing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. He stressed those positions in remarks at the event.

Sanders endorsed El-Sayed for governor in 2018, but El-Sayed lost the Democratic primary to Gretchen Whitmer. El-Sayed now seeks the Democratic Senate nomination in Michigan, facing U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens and state Sen. Mallory McMorrow among others.

McKinney backs Medicare-for-all and abolishing ICE. He is running in the Democratic primary for Michigan's 13th Congressional District against incumbent U.S. Rep. Shri Thanedar.

Sanders told the crowd that over the last six or eight years, the nation has elected dozens of strong progressives to Congress who fight for the working class. "And I certainly hope that Donavan McKinney will join that group," he said.