Abdul El-Sayed blasted his Michigan Senate race opponent Mike Rogers, labeling him a “coward” after the former congressman and other Republicans launched Islamophobic attacks against El-Sayed after his victory in Tuesday’s Democratic primary.

The embattled establishment of the Democratic Party searched furiously for a political reset after Dr. Abdul El-Sayed’s progressive victory in Michigan handed the party’s long-dominant moderate wing its most painful defeat of the year.