Democrat Abdul El-Sayed won election Wednesday to the U.S. Senate representing Michigan, defeating Republican Mike Rogers. El-Sayed, a former public health official, will succeed Democratic Sen. Gary Peters, who is retiring. El-Sayed will be the country’s first Muslim senator.

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    This is a wonderful result

    I hope he has a good security team, because there will be a lot of pissed off bigots with firearms

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      I think there were some pissed off bigots with firearms that ended up voting for him too, once they realized how badly they screwed up their vote last election.

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        Bigots more often than not have less than half a brain, but one thing you can count on is them being angry.