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Abdul El-Sayed: “Both the other Democrat and the Republican are taking money…”

Featuring: Abdul El-Sayed, Podcast Host, America Dissected | National

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One-on-one with Abdul El-Sayed, who is running to be the Democratic nominee U.S. Senate

Published | Video Starts at 00:48

… us is because of the role that big corporations have had in our politics in the first place. In this campaign, there are three of us, one Republican, two Democrats. Both the other Democrat and the Republican are taking money from the same corporations who've been corrupting our system for a very long time. They take corporate contributions to run a campaign. Then they turn around, they ask the lobbyist, okay, what is it that you want me to do for you? (00:48–00:54)

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Asserts that both his Democratic and Republican opponents are funded by corporations.

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