Who won this election...

A. The people knocking on doors, organizers, grassroots volunteers and donors, the multiple household-name politicians who campaigned with El-Sayed, the actual 2.5 million people physically in Michigan who showed up to vote for him, El-Sayed himself keeping steadfast to his wildly popular platform...

B. Some random influencer that showed up for a photo-op and his 2 million parasocial parasites who might [generously, if we assume they're all Americans] make up 0.05% of the voting population of Michigan

This guy has never left his echo chamber and it shows.

Also: "we [who...?] put forth these popular candidates"... My dude El-Sayed wasn't endorsed by the DSA or any notable radical progressive bloc. The dude ran his campaign with charisma and easy to digest policy against ghoulish opposition. His main building blocks were traditional Michigan cohorts (unions) and the underrepresented Arab/immigrant population of SE Michigan.

The exit polls show basically no change in people shifting their label from conservative to progressive. He just ran a good campaign with wide support. This guy needs to get over himself and touch some grass.