Abdul El-Sayed: “I ran for office eight years ago.”

“It's not mine. My perspective on it is that you have to ask for every vote. I've been in this work for 15 months and then I ran for office eight years ago. and I know that a vote is a very serious thing and folks want to give it to people that they know and trust.” (08:35–08:38)

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