Michael LaRosa, a veteran of the Biden administration who previously served as press secretary to the former first lady, announced his unwillingness to endorse Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan's Democratic Senate race. The decision stems from disagreement over El-Sayed's handling of controversy involving a prominent left-wing content creator's inflammatory past statements about 9/11, which El-Sayed declined to firmly repudiate.

The withdrawal of backing from an establishment Democratic figure signals fractures within the party's coalition for the Senate seat. Conservative commentators, notably Lara Trump, are capitalising on these internal disagreements to underscore Democratic divisions, particularly regarding the candidate's associations with far-left activists as a potential electoral weakness.