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Abdul El-Sayed: “He's a guy who helped architect the legislation that kicked…”

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

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Abdul El-Sayed on Historic MI Primary Win: "People Are Sick and Tired of This Politics of Hatred"

Published | Video Starts at 03:12

This is a guy who spent his time in Congress voting to raise prescription drug prices because he took over a million dollars from the pharmaceutical industry. He's a guy who helped architect the legislation that kicked off the opioid epidemic when I was in high school. And we have to defeat him because, of course, he's enthralled to Donald Trump. He would rubber stamp these wars that are raising our gas prices. (03:12–03:18)

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Asserts that Mike Rogers helped create legislation that contributed to the opioid epidemic.

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