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Abdul El-Sayed: “I don't take money from those corporations, so I answer it…”

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

Published July 28, 2026 | Video Starts at 01:12

Why does it feel like all of them get more expensive every single year? It all goes back to the same issue. So how do we fix it? Number one, I don't take money from those corporations, so I answer it to the people. Number two, I aim to regulate them. The biggest danger to capitalism was never government regulation. It was monopoly. So I want to break up the biggest companies. (01:12–01:16)

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