AOC endorses progressive Democrat in closely watched Michigan race for US Senate seat

The brief

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has thrown her support behind Abdul El-Sayed, the doctor and progressive Democrat seeking the party’s nomination in Michigan’s closely watched US Senate race. In an interview with the New York Times, Ocasio-Cortez – an influential congresswoman on the left of the Democratic party – endorsed El-Sayed, a former public health director. “Despite our ideological differences and whatever disagreements there are in the party, every single one of us sees this moment as existential,” she said. “I think many people are willing to put aside differences in order to give us the best chance at winning,” Ocasio-Cortez, who represents part of New York, told the Times. “And I think…