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Abdul El-Sayed: “Mike Rogers helped to architect the legislation that kicked…”

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

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Abdul El-Sayed FIRES BACK at anti-Muslim attacks in Michigan Senate race

Published | Video Starts at 01:58

He took over a million dollars from the pharmaceutical industry. He voted 19 times to raise prescription drug prices. And then he Mike Rogers helped to architect the legislation that kicked off the opioid epidemic, killing nearly 600,000 people. Why? For money and power. But that's what that party's about. We're trying to get money out of politics, to put money in your pocket past Medicare for all, which … (01:58–02:06)

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Asserts that Mike Rogers played a role in creating legislation that contributed to the opioid crisis.

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