Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, who has been intensely critical of the wealthy while on the campaign trail, makes enough money to put him and his wife in the top 1% of households in his state.<\/p>\n
El-Sayed and his wife collectively earned $686,069 in 2025, according to recently released tax returns. To make it into the top 1% of earners in Michigan<\/a>, households need to bring in just over $611,500, according to IRS data analyzed by Axios.<\/p>\n “For people who have accumulated so much wealth that your money makes money, at some point, we\u2019re like, \u2018well we can\u2019t possibly tax them,\u2019” El-Sayed said at an August 2025 campaign event. “If I told you how much wealth is held by the 300,000 most wealthy Americans in this country, it would blow your mind \u2026 so if we put a tax on wealth it would return a lot of that money back into public use.”<\/p>\n DEM SENATE HOPEFUL ABDUL EL-SAYED RECOUNTS SMASHING VODKA BOTTLE AFTER BEARD CRITICISM<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n The released return also lists $262,299 in capital gains, even as El-Sayed has criticized extreme wealth by arguing that some Americans have so much money that their “money makes money.” The Senate hopeful, who reported owning two rental properties worth $750,000 in 2025, has also been critical of “greedy landlords.”<\/p>\n El-Sayed, however, has reserved most of his criticism for billionaires, a category that does not encompass his own level of wealth.<\/p>\n “So a lot of folks are like, \u2018well, Abdul, you know, you just don\u2019t want people to get rich.\u2019 No! I don\u2019t begrudge anyone their millions,” El-Sayed said at a campaign event. “But I do begrudge everyone their billions.”<\/p>\n BILL MAHER CALLS OUT BERNIE SANDERS, SAYS HE’S TIRED OF HEARING THE RICH DON’T PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE OF TAXES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Some of El-Sayed\u2019s biggest supporters in Congress, however, have been directly critical of the 1% that El-Sayed is a part of.<\/p>\n Sanders, a self-described socialist who endorsed<\/a> El-Sayed on the same day he launched his campaign for Michigan\u2019s Senate seat<\/a>, has long railed against “the 1%” as a malign influence on American politics. The Vermont senator also endorsed El-Sayed\u2019s 2018 bid for Michigan governor<\/a>.<\/p>\n “Extreme wealth is an existential threat to our economy and our democracy and it demands a crisis-level response,” his campaign website reads. “Abdul supports taxing billionaire wealth akin to policies proposed by Sen. Bernie Sanders<\/a>, Rep. Ro Khanna, and Sen. Elizabeth Warren and will champion proposals that will reduce the wealth and power of the ultra-rich and return it to working people.”<\/p>\n DEM SENATE HOPEFUL’S PINK-GLOVED MELTDOWN RESURFACES AFTER VIRAL PEP TALK IGNITED MOCKERY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n A portion of El-Sayed\u2019s household income comes from his wife\u2019s psychiatry practice, which attracted criticism after a webpage belonging to the practice reportedly claimed that it did not accept insurance.<\/a><\/p>\n His reported household income is far higher than the $237,000 in gross income disclosed during his 2018 gubernatorial run<\/a>, according to prior reporting. Despite his left-wing rhetoric, El-Sayed spends his sizable income on upscale items, most visibly wristwatches ranging in value from $2,000 to $10,000, according to the Washington Free Beacon.<\/p>\n The El-Sayed campaign did not respond to a request for comment when reached by Fox News Digital on Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, who has been intensely critical of the wealthy while on the campaign trail, makes enough money to put him and his wife in the top 1% of households in his state. El-Sayed and his wife collectively earned $686,069 in 2025, according to recently released tax returns. 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