Abdul El-Sayed: “I can't quite explain it. Except for that everything Donald Trump does is ham-fisted, chaotic and self-serving.”

You should not be criminalized for a disease. That is absolutely wrong. It’s hateful. It’s discriminatory, and we can, as a state, do better. You can count on me for that.

One of the big things that we have to recognize about HIV is that no disease can be illegal. The continuing forward of these laws on the books stigmatize people with the disease.

I will always be evidence-driven when it comes to vaccines.

I want freedom and democracy for the people of Iran, no question. But I want that to be done by the people of Iran, coming together as a community to decide how to create democratic change in their society.