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Abdul El-Sayed: “Mike Rogers...spent his time in Congress voting to raise…”

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

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Abdul El-Sayed on Historic MI Primary Win: "People Are Sick and Tired of This Politics of Hatred"

Published | Video Starts at 02:55

… for Trumpism and would be a rubber stamp for everything Donald Trump wants to do for the next two years should he be elected. This is a guy who spent Mike Rogers...spent his time in Congress voting to raise prescription drug prices because he took over a million dollars from the pharmaceutical industry. He's a guy who helped architect the legislation that kicked off the opioid epidemic when I was in high school. And we have to defeat him because, of course, he's enthralled to Donald Trump. (02:55–03:13)

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Asserts that Mike Rogers voted to raise prescription drug prices due to receiving over a million dollars from the pharmaceutical industry.

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