Abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement, imposing Medicare for All, and disarming Israel used to be policy positions confined to the fringe of the Democratic Party. Not anymore.

Former President Barack Obama appeared in an ad supporting Michigan Senate candidate Abdul el Sayed on Monday, lending his prestige to all three extreme suggestions. But Obama’s embrace of el Sayed should surprise no one. The candidate’s radicalism is the logical conclusion of the former president’s own politics.