Political Quotes

Abdul El-Sayed

The Public Record

For the 2026 election, El-Sayed is the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Michigan.

Oct 28, 2026

Because he can just go on and call me ‘senator’ after November.

huffpost.com
Oct 28, 2026

But y’all, I don’t care how he pronounces my name.

huffpost.com
Oct 28, 2026

I get that the president of the United States takes personal offense to my first name.

huffpost.com
Oct 27, 2026

You deserve to have a long, healthy life in the United States of America.

theguardian.com
Oct 27, 2026

We built this campaign on three simple things. Y’all remember what they are?

theguardian.com
Oct 26, 2026

The Constitution is the guiding light. It guarantees me the right to pray as I choose to pray, or not pray at all.

thebulwark.com
Oct 26, 2026

I’m not running to be a Muslim senator—I’m running for U.S. Senate and happen to be Muslim.

thebulwark.com
Oct 26, 2026

The Bill of Rights was intended to protect people from government tyranny

reason.com
Oct 26, 2026

So, yeah, everyone should have equal rights to a musket.

reason.com
Oct 26, 2026

I'm gonna swear an oath to the Constitution. The Constitution has a Second Amendment in it, but the Second Amendment, just so we all are clear, even the most conservative folks, they hew to this idea called originalism, and originalism is…

reason.com
Oct 26, 2026

I'm proud of our Constitution that guarantees all of us the right to pray as we choose to pray.

npr.org
Oct 25, 2026

For me, it’s Michigan first, and we can agree on that.

huffpost.com
Oct 25, 2026

You might have heard a bit about me. The D.C. elites spent millions trying to blame me for things other people said.

huffpost.com
Oct 25, 2026

Please make sure to vote like Donald Trump is on the ballot. We don’t need that president to come here and tell us, because y’all, we’ve already got our president, and he’s here tonight to remind us of what exactly is on the ballot.

huffpost.com
Oct 23, 2026

I’m Abdul El-Sayed. A man of faith — and that’s a good thing.

salon.com
Oct 23, 2026

We don’t have faith in our future; we don’t have faith that we can actually fix things.

salon.com
Oct 23, 2026

I pray everyday. I reflect on my role in this life, on this earth, how we leave it better than we found it, to serve God, to serve our neighbors.

salon.com
Oct 23, 2026

Medicare for all is where we need to go," Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic candidate in the Michigan Senate race whose support for the policy has been widely covered, said during an August interview with CNN.

vox.com
Oct 23, 2026

The consequences of this war are that you are paying nearly $5 [per gallon] in gas. You’re paying more in groceries because of the price of diesel.

motherjones.com
Oct 22, 2026

I’m a doctor and a dad. I rebuilt Detroit’s health department, led Wayne County’s Department of Health, Human and Veterans Services. We put glasses on kids, took on corporate polluters, eliminated medical debt. I’m running because it just…

dailycaller.com
Oct 22, 2026

The single biggest problem that I’ve tried to bend my time and energy to solving is the fact that too many people in this country don’t get the health care they need and deserve.

dailycaller.com
Oct 22, 2026

Nobody knows more about taking away your health insurance than he does.

commondreams.org
Oct 22, 2026

I will always stand with movements for freedom and democracy.

motherjones.com

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