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Abdul El-Sayed: “It just shouldn’t be this hard. It shouldn’t be this hard to afford your groceries or fill up your tank or worry about…”

On the recordAugust 9, 2026
It just shouldn’t be this hard. It shouldn’t be this hard to afford your groceries or fill up your tank or worry about getting sick without having to worry about losing everything too.
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Abdul El-Sayed
Democratic · Michigan

Editor's note · Context

Discussing affordability issues in Michigan.

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