Black commentator kicked out of Detroit Abdul El-Sayed event by security without explanation

Williams, who describes himself as a "commentator on black American culture, black identity, and black masculinity" on his YouTube channel, sat down at the Sunday event with journalist Jonathan Choe, but then both of them were thrown out by security.

"I was kicked out of the Abdul El-Sayed event in Michigan for absolutely no reason at all. All I did was walk in and sit down. These three soy jacks decided to kick me out. I live in Michigan. I have every right to be at these events, especially to listen to someone who might be my next representative," Williams said in a post on social media.

He added that security kicked him out after he simply "sat down" and didn't talk to anybody. "I walked in. Sat down. Didn’t talk to anybody but security who let me in. And these three f*cking f*ggot came up and they kicked me out. All this talk about how he’s for Black people, and then you kick out one of the most pro-Black voices in Detroit.

Choe, who reported that he was also kicked out of the event, said "security did not tell us why we were being booted," and added, "Williams suspects it had something to do with his conservative hot takes and sharp criticism of El-Sayed's alleged ties to Muslim terror groups."

The incident comes as El-Sayed has been making an attempt to court black voters ahead of the midterm elections on Tuesday. He is struggling to perform with numbers comparable to past Democrats who won in the state. A poll from Data for Progress conducted from October 23 to 25 showed that 82 percent of likely black voters support El-Sayed, but that is low compared to the 87 percent of the black vote that Kamala Harris received during the 2024 election. Four years earlier, former President Joe Biden got 92 percent of the black vote in Michigan.