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Drew Pavlou (2026-08-08) says Abdul El‑Sayed's attempt at trash-talk 'just comes…

Brief

Drew Pavlou labels Abdul El‑Sayed’s trash‑talk 'alienating, aggressive and arrogant' after sharing a MeidasTouch video (2026-08-08) in which El‑Sayed ridicules Rep. Mike Rogers, puns that 'Rogers' means 'Roger' to imply blind obedience to corporations, Trump and industry, cites specific examples (data center, drug prices, war, 'lick these boots') and urges Michigan to be 'done with Rogers.'

Why it matters

Drew Pavlou (2026-08-08) says Abdul El‑Sayed's attempt at trash-talk 'just comes across really alienating, aggressive and arrogant.'

Key details

  • In a MeidasTouch video quoted by Pavlou, El‑Sayed ridicules Rep. Mike Rogers by punning on 'Rogers'/'Roger,' claiming Rogers blindly follows corporations, Donald Trump and industry—citing examples: approving a backyard data center, hiking prescription drug prices, rubber-stamping a war, and 'lick these boots'—and tells Rogers to 'go back to Florida.'
Source evidence

It’s funny because when Abdul El-Sayed tries to trash talk he just comes across really alienating, aggressive and arrogant.

MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch)

El-Sayed: Now Mike, I'm just going to remind you: if you don't know how to say the name, keep the name out your damn mouth. Or just call me Abdul. But I got some opinions about his name. See, it's very fitting for him: Rogers.

Cause that's his answer every time a corporation or Donald Trump tells him to do something.

"Mike, we need you to put a data center in the backyard." — "Roger!"

"Mike, we need you to hike their prescription drug prices." — "Roger!"

"Mike, we need you to rubber-stamp this war we shouldn't be fighting." — "Roger!"

"Mike" — and this one's Donald Trump — "I need you to lick these boots." — "Roger!"

And I think—I think I speak for all of us here in Michigan when I say that we are done with Rogers. Go back to Florida where you belong!

Video

— https://nitter.net/MeidasTouch/status/2085895085514965066#m