<p>Kyle Kuzma, a one-time NBA champion and current Milwaukee Bucks forward, pushed back on former President <a href="https://foxnews.com/category/person/barack-obama" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Barack Obama’s</a> glowing remarks about Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., and Democrat Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed on Saturday.</p><p>Obama was at a rally in support of El-Sayed, who is up against Mike Rogers. The former president raised the possibility of El-Sayed and Slotkin as a "power duo" in the Senate, remarking on El-Sayed and Slotkin’s religious beliefs. El-Sayed is a Muslim and Slotkin is Jewish.</p><p><a href="https://link.podtrac.com/ccs_article" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW!</strong></a></p><p>Kuzma, who is from Flint, <a href="https://foxnews.com/category/us/us-regions/midwest/michigan" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Michigan</a>, wrote on X that the last thing anyone from Michigan cares about is what religion their representatives in D.C. practice.</p><p>"This desperate pysop (sic) is unbearable to watch in Michigan. so tired of listening to it," <a href="https://x.com/kylekuzma/status/2114222352816873927" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Kuzma wrote</a>. "1 in 4 black people in Michigan are below the poverty line and the message is Muslim/jewish duo is what we’re talking about.</p><p>"Last thing that Michiganders care about is a religious identity pitch. And on top of that Michigan is a state where the population of Muslims and Jews are both 1 percent. What are we talking about."</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/outkick-sports" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE</strong></a></p><p>The election is Nov. 3 and it’s coming down to the wire in Michigan.</p><p>A Sept. 30 <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fox-news-poll-michigan-voters-split-between-el-sayed-rogers" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Fox News Poll</a> revealed that Michigan voters have concerns about both candidates leading up to Election Day. At the time, El-Sayed held a one-point lead over Rogers.</p><p>To Kuzma’s point, those who took part in the Fox News Poll at the time said that <a href="https://foxnews.com/politics/think-your-state-expensive-new-data-reveals-where-americans-face-highest-cost-of-living" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">cost of living</a> was extremely important in their vote for Senate. President Donald Trump, immigration and U.S. policy toward Israel were also considered to be extremely important to voters.</p><p>Rogers previously lost to Slotkin in 2024 for the Senate. Trump won the state by less than two percentage points.</p>
