UMVA has learned that a top communications aide for Michigan's embattled U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed has a disturbing history of anti-white social media posts, with a particular focus of vitriol towards white women.
Posts made by Roxie Richner in 2019 and 2020, obtained by UMVA, reveal a pattern of inflammatory and divisive rhetoric, including accusations that white women were trying to get black people killed and calls to "snap out of it" and take action.
On May 26, 2020, the day after George Floyd's death, Richner posted a scathing message, saying "Black people are being murdered by the police and white women are making shit up trying to get Black people killed." She followed up with another post declaring "all white women are policy failures."
In a stark contrast, Richner also urged her white friends and family to engage in tough conversations about dismantling white supremacy, stating that having these discussions was a crucial anti-racist act.
As violent riots erupted in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Richner took to social media to mock white people who were concerned about the chaos and violence in their neighborhoods, accusing them of showing their racism.
Richner's posts also reveal a dismissive attitude towards white Americans' concerns about racial discrimination, and she has been critical of those who defend comments made by then-candidate Joe Biden.
UMVA can exclusively reveal that Richner has been working with El-Sayed since at least 2018, when he ran for governor on a platform that included calls to abolish U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and establish universal healthcare.
El-Sayed himself has faced criticism and controversy, including his decision to campaign with extreme far-left social media influencer Hasan Piker, who has made inflammatory comments about terrorism and Israel.
A former El-Sayed staffer, Mariam Odeh, was recently indicted on charges of conspiracy to transmit threats in interstate and foreign commerce, related to the conflict in Gaza.
The controversy surrounding El-Sayed's campaign has raised questions about his judgment and the company he keeps, and UMVA's findings about Richner's social media posts are likely to add fuel to the fire.
