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Abdul El-Sayed: ““Instead, they want to point to me, and they think that that distraction is going to last long enough,” he said. “The…”

On the recordOctober 3, 2026
“Instead, they want to point to me, and they think that that distraction is going to last long enough,” he said. “The reality is, when they point to me, all I will be talking about is getting money out of politics, put money in your pocket, passing Medicare for All. And I think people like that message. So, I think it’s backfiring.”
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Abdul El-Sayed
Democratic · Michigan

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Responding to Republican distractions in an interview.

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