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Abdul El-Sayed: “I believe in international law. I believe in upholding…”

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Published August 4, 2026 | Video Starts at 18:26

Turns out we're not very good at it. And when you do that, you start violating your own principles left, right and center. And so I believe in international law. I believe in upholding international law. I believe a lot of people died and a lot of people learned from people dying that we should have a system of international law. And we were the chief architect of it. (18:26–18:30)

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“This administration froze federal funds.”
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“Donald Trump is not himself the disease. He's just the worst symptom of the disease of our politics.”
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“The real disease is the system that allows big corporations, billionaires, special interest, to buy and sell politicians.”
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“We're running a campaign to get money out of politics, put money in your pocket, pass Medicare for all.”
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“There is no candidate who's come through a primary with more spent against them than I will have.”
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“I don't take corporate money. I never have and I never will.”
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“We're trying to define a viewpoint that's built on money out of politics, money in your pocket, Medicare for all.”
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“The biggest risk to capitalism was always going to be corporate consolidation and monopoly rather than government regulation.”
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“You need some government regulation to make sure that capitalism runs well.”
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“I want to make sure that our capitalism is functional rather than allowing big corporations to buy politicians to rig the system against us.”
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“He has a 3 million person platform.”
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“On the question of taking on the fascism of the Trump administration, we agree we should probably take that on.”
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“On the question of building competent, functional infrastructure in America, we agree.”
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“There's a lot more I disagree with with the host of Fox and Friends and nobody seemed to be all that upset about that.”
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“Passing the PRO Act.”
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“Investing in public services, in the ways that buy you out of having to spend, spend even more on the things that you shouldn't have to…”
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“Taxed billionaires their wealth so that we could invest in our infrastructure.”
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