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Abdul El-Sayed: “The president, backed by the prime minister of a foreign…”

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

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Michigan Senate Candidate Abdul El-Sayed Speaks About Dem Support For Israel In New CNN Interview

Published | Video Starts at 07:00

… we never should have fought, I think all of us ought to step back and ask whether or not everybody in Michigan, frankly, everybody in America, shouldn't be sad about The president, backed by the prime minister of a foreign government, took us to a war we had no business fighting in. So, yeah, I didn't want to comment on it then because it's a ridiculous pretext. And now you're asking me about the Ayatollah who's dead, by the way, and you're not asking me about the service members who've died. (07:00–07:03)

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Asserts that the president, with support from a foreign prime minister, led the U.S. into an unnecessary war.

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