Michigan Democrat refuses to say if she’d back El-Sayed if he wins primary

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A Michigan Democrat is drawing attention with her refusal to back Democratic Senate hopeful Abdul El-Sayed over his campaigning with political commentator Hasan Piker and disgraced Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner. Rep. Hillary Scholten (D-Mich.), in an interview Wednesday with CNN’s Jake Tapper, criticized El-Sayed, who is running for retiring Sen. Gary Peters’s (D-Mich.) seat…