Fox News noted further:
Othman, a father of five and a former Democratic candidate for state representative who migrated from Yemen nearly 20 years ago, had shared a video on Facebook of the comments he made at the Dixon event speaking out against sexually-explicit content found in school libraries.
“I am a proud Muslim American who expresses my values and concerns all the time,” Othman said. “Dearborn has been voting Democrat blue for the last decade or two decades. But not anymore. On behalf of myself and my family, I guarantee you for sure that my family and my friends will vote for Republicans.”
At a rally earlier in the week, Dixon told her supporters regarding the incident with Colbert: “That’s what he said, this story never happened. That’s where the Democrats are right now. You don’t exist, your stories are not important.”
The race in Michigan has tightened in recent weeks, with Whitmer now holding a narrow lead over Dixon of around 3.4 percent, according to the RealClearPolitics average of polling.