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 22, 2026

I am proud of America. I'm proud to be an American. I'm proud of our Constitution that guarantees all of us the right to pray as we choose to pray.

foxnews.com
Oct 22, 2026

To bring into question my commitment to the Constitution is really beneath you.

foxnews.com
Oct 22, 2026

He's got a war for everything, and he won't back off the war now. He supports this war,

foxnews.com
Oct 22, 2026

Right now, the folks pulling the money out of your pocket are the big corporations who are buying his campaign.

cbsnews.com
Oct 22, 2026

We need a War Powers Resolution, rather than a senator who is going to stand hip-to-hip with Donald Trump on this war that made no sense when it started and certainly makes no sense now.

cbsnews.com
Oct 22, 2026

He's going to bend to Donald Trump because he is a sock puppet for the man.

cbsnews.com
Oct 21, 2026

Nobody knows better about denying people health insurance than Mike Rogers.

michiganadvance.com
Oct 21, 2026

That threat had been contained back during the Obama administration when he used diplomacy and not war to contain the threat.

michiganadvance.com
Oct 20, 2026

We need an SEC or FDA-style regulatory agency that can oversee the development of these models to make sure we don’t open Pandora’s box only to hate it at the very end.

michiganadvance.com
Oct 20, 2026

AI should not be able to do certain things like fire weapons or fire you or deny your healthcare.

michiganadvance.com
Oct 20, 2026

Like all the things that Donald Trump does, they are chaotic, they are ham-fisted, and they are self-serving.

michiganadvance.com
Oct 19, 2026

Reach out to them, OK? We have an opportunity to build our country, not just watch it get torn down.

npr.org
Oct 19, 2026

We got to be willing to invite them to a decision they have yet to make.

npr.org
Oct 19, 2026

Yoopers are commonsense, thoughtful people, and they don't like paying more in gas than they need to, don't like paying more in groceries. And they don't like being taken advantage of by a billionaire from New York.

npr.org
Oct 19, 2026

I’d rather pay for schools than be so focused on allowing a billionaire to make another billion.

salon.com
Oct 19, 2026

JD Vance called me a little weasel today. I’m like, ‘No, no, no. What you’re talking about is a Wolverine.

salon.com
Oct 19, 2026

So I think it’s you who needs to understand the Constitution now.

motherjones.com
Oct 19, 2026

I want to protect your right to practice your faith as you choose.

motherjones.com
Oct 19, 2026

“I think it’s you who needs to understand the Constitution, not me.”

huffpost.com
Oct 19, 2026

“The reality is this: I’m never going to tell you what faith you can or cannot practice. I want to protect your right to practice your faith as you choose as a Christian man,” El-Sayed said.

huffpost.com
Oct 19, 2026

“I’m not running to be a Muslim senator,” El-Sayed declared. “I’m running for the U.S. Senate and happen to be Muslim.”

huffpost.com
Oct 19, 2026

“I’m going to swear to the Constitution of the United States and that Constitution guarantees us all the right to practice whatever faith we want to or no faith at all.”

huffpost.com
Oct 19, 2026

“Sure. Yeah, absolutely,” El-Sayed answered. “Why are you asking the question?”

huffpost.com
Oct 19, 2026

It’s a crazy thing to assume that somehow I’d have dual loyalties, as somebody who is avidly running to protect.

theguardian.com
Oct 19, 2026

The whole reason this question is being asked is to insinuate that somehow I have dual loyalties.

theguardian.com

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