A Resurfaced Hot Mic Has El-Sayed Explaining Why He Trashed Mackinac Island

Days after his upset primary win, Abdul El-Sayed is answering for old remarks disparaging Mackinac Island, the Michigan vacation destination that doubles as the state’s political summer camp. Republican opponent Mike Rogers seized on it — “no place like Mackinac” — in a general election that both sides expect to be fought over cultural belonging as much as policy.