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Abdul El-Sayed: “It's not just the path that you widen for Muslim candidates…”

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

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The Future of Muslim Political Power: Abdul El-Sayed, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib and Adam Hamawy

Published | Video Starts at 05:04

But you guys, actually. You mean you widened that path. You know what I mean? And I think there's real importance to that. And I also think that, like, It's not just the path that you widen for Muslim candidates. It's the path that you widen for any candidate who's told that they don't quite belong. because of an ethnic identity or a faith identity or a sexual orientation or whatever it is. It's that you're normalizing the ability to represent and be fully and 100% American, because America doesn't look one way. (05:04–05:11)

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Asserts that [Muslim public servants] are broadening opportunities for all marginalized candidates.

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