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Abdul El-Sayed: “Everybody could have told you this is a dumb idea. There was really only one person in the whole world who had a 40-year…”

On the recordOctober 31, 2026
Everybody could have told you this is a dumb idea. There was really only one person in the whole world who had a 40-year project to get us to fight this war. He’s a prime minister of another government [Netanyahu]. And he finally found the dumbass who was willing to do it.
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Abdul El-Sayed
Democratic · Michigan

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Democratic candidate for senate in Michigan on the Iran war.

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