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Abdul El-Sayed: “Michigan is a place where we went for Bernie Sanders, then…”

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

Michigan Matters: Haley Stevens and Abdul El-Sayed on the issues

Published July 13, 2026 | Video Starts at 05:17

I think the real fight is not between progressive or conservative or moderate. I think it's people who are locked out of our politics and the people doing the locking out. Michigan is a place where we went for Bernie Sanders, then Donald Trump, then Joe Biden, then Donald Trump again. And we know Michiganders, they're steady, Eddy. It's just that they keep going to the buffet and not finding what they want. (05:17–05:23)

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Asserts the voting pattern in Michigan over recent elections.

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“We've been to 110 different cities, 450 public events.”
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“I'm somebody who's never taken a dime of corporate Money to run a campaign.”
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“All of the ads that you've seen in this race have been brought to you by a super PAC or another, mainly paid for by aipac.”
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“One of them, literally, the goal is to send your tax dollars abroad to kill other people rather than to invest them here at home.”
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“If you're somebody who believes in unions, like the unions believe in me, the uaw, aft, National, Nurses United.”
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“It's harder to afford your groceries, harder to afford your rent, harder to believe that you could ever afford a home.”
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“I've been very clear about both regulating data centers and regulating AI.”
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“Number One, do not increase our electrical rates.”
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“I'm the only candidate in this race who's never taken a dime of corporate money to run a campaign.”
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“I'm the only candidate who's standing up to guarantee you health care through Medicare for all.”
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“We have to abolish ice.”
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