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Right-rated outlets led on the video and on a DSA spokeswoman’s refusal to say who would catch a rapist if police were abolished. 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The video shows El-Sayed calling for defunding police, abolishing ICE, imposing wealth taxes, expanding the Supreme Court and impeaching former president Donald Trump. The White House caption described El-Sayed and the far-left Democrats as a direct threat to America and its values."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"El-Sayed has denied being a socialist. He told Fox News in July 2026 that he is not a socialist and believes in capitalism, though regulated. He has attended at least six Democratic Socialists of America events, including one in 2019 where he was photographed with US Representative Rashida Tlaib. Detroit DSA has called him a longtime friend."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Separately, a spokeswoman for the Democratic Socialists of America, Frances Gill, declined to answer when asked on live television who would catch a rapist if police and prisons were abolished. The question was put by a news anchor during an interview about defunding law enforcement."},{"type":"heading","text":"What the coverage left out"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"No left- or centre-rated outlet carried the story. 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