Much has been made of Democrat Abdul El-Sayed’s bid to become Michigan governor. International and national media outlets have been drawn to him for his religious beliefs (if elected, El-Sayed would be the first Muslim governor in the U.S.), and his un-American name, charisma, and skin tone, appear to have prompted some to compare him to Barack Obama (though El-Sayed, who supports single-payer health care and free college tuition for people from low and middle income backgrounds, has said he’d prefer to be compared with Bernie Sanders).…