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Abdul El-Sayed: “They don’t give it to you because they think you’re nice. There is a pro quo at the end of the quid.”

On the recordJuly 25, 2026
They don’t give it to you because they think you’re nice. There is a pro quo at the end of the quid.
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Abdul El-Sayed
Democratic · Michigan

Editor's note · Context

Commenting on outside spending in the Senate race.

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