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Abdul El-Sayed: “Maybe if we didn't fight dumb wars, didn't subsidize…”

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

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

Published | Video Starts at 04:28

And every time you come up with a program to eliminate medical debt, people are like, well, Doctor, how are you going to pay for that? I don't know. Maybe if we didn't fight dumb wars, didn't subsidize genocide and apartheid, maybe we might have the money to pay for it. And we have not had representation in the U.S. senate that is willing to stand forthrightly from the jump on a lot of these issues in the way that we need. (04:28–04:35)

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Asserts that U.S. involvement in wars and support for certain foreign policies depletes resources for domestic needs.

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