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Abdul El-Sayed: “There are people like J.D. Vance or Donald Trump or Mike Rogers, who want to define America as being too small to…”

On the recordAugust 6, 2026
There are people like J.D. Vance or Donald Trump or Mike Rogers, who want to define America as being too small to include some kinds of people, and they point to my name, they point to my faith, they try to insinuate that somehow I’m less American because of those things.
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Abdul El-Sayed
Democratic · Michigan
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salon.com

Editor's note · Context

Responding to Republican attacks after winning the primary.

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