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Abdul El-Sayed: “You've got this system where folks are guilty until proven innocent because they've got different kinds of names…”

On the recordOctober 18, 2026
You've got this system where folks are guilty until proven innocent because they've got different kinds of names, because of the infrastructure that people like Mike Rogers set up.
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Abdul El-Sayed
Democratic · Michigan

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Criticizing the watchlist system and Mike Rogers.

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