民主党参议员候选人阿卜杜勒·埃尔-赛义德（Abdul El-Sayed）曾呼吁废除密歇根州的一项法律：该法律规定，明知自己感染艾滋病毒（HIV）却在未提前告知伴侣的情况下发生性关系属于重罪。八年后，当他在全美竞争最激烈的参议院选区之一展开竞选时，他依然坚持这一立场。在2018年竞选密歇根州长但未获成功时，埃尔-赛义德曾多次针对这项法律。根据该法律，明知自己HIV阳性且在未提前告知伴侣HIV感染状况的情况下进行性行为的人，最高可被判处四年监禁。
Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed once called for repealing a Michigan law that made it a felony for people who knew they had HIV to have sex without first informing their partner — a position he is standing by eight years later as he campaigns in one of the nation's most competitive Senate races As he unsuccessfully ran for Michigan governor in 2018, El-Sayed repeatedly took aim at the law. The law carried a prison sentence of up to four years for people who knew they were HIV-positive and engaged in sexual penetration without first informing their partner of their HIV status.
“你不应因患病而被定罪。这是绝对错误的。这是充满仇恨的。这是歧视性的，作为密歇根州，我们可以做得更好。在这件事上，你们可以指望我，”埃尔-赛义德在竞选州长时说道。
"You should not be criminalized for a disease. That is absolutely wrong. It’s hateful. It’s discriminatory, and we can, as a state, do better. You can count on me for that," El-Sayed said as he ran for governor.
密歇根州学生就伊朗立场质问埃尔-赛义德 快进到八年后的今天，作为流行病学家和底特律所在韦恩县的前卫生局局长，埃尔-赛义德正在中期选举中与前共和党众议员迈克·罗杰斯（Mike Rogers）展开对决，以接替即将退休的民主党参议员加里·彼得斯（Gary Peters）。这场在密歇根州的对决对民主党人来说是不容有失的，因为他们正试图从共和党手中夺回参议院的控制权。
MICHIGAN STUDENT CONFRONTS EL-SAYED OVER IRAN STANCE Fast-forward eight years and El-Sayed, an epidemiologist and a former health director for Detroit-anchored Wayne County, is battling former Republican Rep. Mike Rogers in the midterm race to succeed retiring Democratic Sen. Gary Peters. The showdown in Michigan is a must hold for the Democrats as they try to win back control of the Senate from the GOP.
在2018年竞选民主党州长候选人期间（最终他败给了现任两届州长格雷琴·惠特默），埃勒-赛义德的竞选网站上写道：“应废除将艾滋病定为犯罪行为的法律，以及那些排斥跨性别者的州医疗补助政策。”
As he ran for the 2018 Democratic gubernatorial nomination — a contest he lost to now-two-term Gov. Gretchen Whitmer — El-Sayed's campaign website stated, "Repeal HIV/AIDS criminalization laws and the exclusion of transgender Michiganders from state Medicaid."
2018年，当被问及是否支持通过立法将艾滋病相关行为从刑事犯罪中剔除（该立法会设立两种不同的处罚等级）时，埃勒-赛义德表示：“我们必须认识到：任何疾病都不应被定为犯罪；这些法律的存在只会给患者带来更多的污名化。”
When asked in 2018 if he supported the decriminalization of HIV through legislation that would create two levels of misdemeanors, El-Sayed said at the time, "One of the big things that we have to recognize about HIV is that no disease can be illegal. The continuing forward of these laws on the books stigmatize people with the disease."
有六种因素可能帮助共和党人在中期选举中打破历史常规（即打破以往的选举结果）。惠特默本人也曾支持修改这项可追溯至1988年的法律；她在竞选州长时曾说：“将疾病定为犯罪是错误的——而这正是现行法律的实际效果。这项法律确实应该重新审视。”该法律在2019年初得到了修订：修订后的法规将涉及故意传播艾滋病毒的性行为（无论是阴道性交还是肛交）才定为重罪；某些非传播性的相关行为被降级为轻罪；同时，法律也保护了那些因医疗原因而必须抑制自身免疫系统的人免受起诉。
SIX FORCES THAT COULD HELP REPUBLICANS DEFY HISTORY IN THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS Whitmer also supported changing the law, which dated to 1988, saying as she ran for governor, "It’s wrong to criminalize sickness, which is what this law has effectively done. It absolutely should be revisited." The law was reformed in early 2019. The revised statute limited the felony provisions to vaginal and anal intercourse involving an intent to transmit HIV or cases in which HIV was actually transmitted, reduced certain non-transmission offenses to misdemeanors and protected medically suppressed people from prosecution under the law's reckless-disregard provision.
竞选发言人罗克西·里奇纳（Roxie Richner）对福克斯新闻数字频道表示：“阿卜杜勒支持2019年通过共和党主导的立法机构获得通过的两党改革法案，该法案废除了现行的歧视性法律。作为一名公共卫生专业人员，阿卜杜勒一直致力于支持遏制疾病传播的项目，包括艾滋病毒。”
"Abdul supports the bipartisan reform bill that passed in 2019 through a Republican legislature that eliminated the discriminatory laws on the books," campaign spokesperson Roxie Richner told Fox News Digital. "As a public health professional, Abdul has fought to support programs that stem the spread of diseases, including HIV."
里奇纳补充说：“特朗普政府通过削减那些在最前线开展预防传播和暴露护理的组织和项目的资金，彻底加剧了这场危机。在美国参议院，阿卜杜勒将全力回击唐纳德·特朗普和小罗伯特·F·肯尼迪试图拆解我们公共卫生基础设施的企图，并确保所有美国人都能获得所需的医疗护理。” 2026年民主：通过福克斯新闻选举中心了解最新动态 埃尔-赛义德还坚持他过去关于打击针对艾滋病毒感染者的歧视的言论。
Richner added that "the Trump administration has completely exacerbated this crisis by defunding the organizations and programs that do frontline care to prevent transmission and exposure in the first place. In the US Senate, Abdul will fight back against Donald Trump and RFK Jr’s attempts to dismantle our public health infrastructure and ensure all Americans have access to the care they need." DEMOCRACY ’26: STAY UP TO DATE WITH THE FOX NEWS ELECTION HUB El-Sayed also stands by his past comments on fighting discrimination aimed at those with HIV.
上周，在获得领先的LGBTQ权益倡导组织“人权运动”的背书时，埃尔-赛义德强调，如果当选参议员，“我将竭力奋斗，确保每一位密歇根州居民都能免受歧视地生活，永远不必担心他们的权利明天是否还存在。”在8月竞争激烈的初选中，埃尔-赛义德以微弱优势险胜立场更为温和的民主党众议员海莉·史蒂文斯。这场初选进一步暴露了该党左翼与建制派之间的裂痕。如果当选，他将成为美国历史上第一位穆斯林参议员。
Last week, as he landed an endorsement from the Human Rights Campaign, a leading LGBTQ advocacy group, El-Sayed highlighted that if elected to the Senate, "I’ll fight to ensure every Michigander can live without discrimination and never have to wonder whether their rights will still be there tomorrow." El-Sayed, who narrowly edged more moderate Democratic Rep. Haley Stevens in August in a contentious primary that further exposed the rift between the party's left-wing and establishment factions, would become the nation’s first Muslim senator if elected.
他将支持“全民医保”作为其竞选活动的核心内容。埃尔-赛义德还呼吁废除移民和海关执法局，并在以色列打击哈马斯的战争期间直言不讳地批评以色列，将以色列在加沙的行动定性为针对巴勒斯坦人的“种族灭绝”。
He has made support for "Medicare for all" a major component of his campaign. El-Sayed has also called for abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement and has been a vocal critic of Israel during its war against Hamas, characterizing Israel’s actions in Gaza as "genocide" against Palestinians.