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Abdul El-Sayed: “My mother was the first tenured professor of engineering at her university. I was raised by strong women. To say that…”

On the recordJuly 29, 2026
My mother was the first tenured professor of engineering at her university. I was raised by strong women. To say that somehow, because I wrote an op-ed 15 years ago about what first lady Michelle Obama said, or I ran against Governor Whitmer, that somehow I'm disrespecting anybody, is just inconsistent with the truth.
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Abdul El-Sayed
Democratic · Michigan

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Defending himself against accusations of disrespecting women.

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