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Abdul El-Sayed: “I got to be born in the greatest country in the history of…”

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Dr. Abdul El-Sayed on Michigan's Most Consequential Senate Race

Published July 30, 2026 | Video Starts at 14:06

I'm like, I was supposed to be a cab driver in Egypt. I saw that. I lived the front row seat to what my life should have been, but for the accident of history that I got to be born in the greatest country in the history of the world. And I want that America to be America for all of her children. And I want Us to be a place where our ideals ring true no matter where you are. (14:06–14:09)

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