Former Vikings captain Jack Brewer reacts to Abdul El-Sayed's Senate primary victory in Michigan

Former Minnesota Vikings captain Jack Brewer gave his reaction to the recent Minnesota and Michigan Senate primary and his analysis of Abdul El-Sayed, Michelle Tafoya, and Royce White. 

Former Minnesota Vikings captain Jack Brewer described Abdul El-Sayed’s victory in Michigan’s Democratic U.S. Senate primary as a "warning shot to America," while praising Michele Tafoya as a credible conservative capable of winning over Minnesota Democrats and independent voters.

"It’s good when you see the darkness before you," Brewer said when asked about El-Sayed. "You see exactly what we’re up against as Americans when we have our major cities, major states, with folks like this winning primaries on the verge of having control of populations of that size.

"I mean, it’s scary, man," he continued. "It should be a warning shot to America, a warning shot of really where our country is."

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Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed claps during a news conference in front of the Spirit of Detroit statue Aug. 5, 2026, in Detroit. (Finn Gomez/Getty Images)

Brewer said President Donald Trump’s election victory did not eliminate the political and cultural problems he sees across the country.

"When President Trump won the election, it didn’t fix everything," he said. "We’ve got a lot, lot of things to fix. And it’s pretty scary when you start to see these radical leftists starting to gain more and more power across the country."

El-Sayed, a physician and former Detroit public health director, narrowly defeated U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens in Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary. He will face Republican Mike Rogers in November.

El-Sayed ran on a progressive