Abdul El‑Sayed

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354 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 31 Jul

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The New Yorker Radio Hour · Michigan’s Abdul El-Sayed Is “Not a Burn-It-Down Kind” of Candidate · 31 Jul 2026 podcast

Why are we pre-negotiating with these folks who are never going to give an inch? matched

Because at the end of the day, they are so bought off by the powers that be. matched

Why are we accommodating the private health insurance industry? matched

And that to me was a righteous kind of frustration. matched

And at the same time, I have had my career in the world of the ACA and I can't imagine... matched

Just how much worse it would be had we not gotten that. matched

So you can both say the ACA was incredible. matched

And as the president said, this was a starter home. matched

So I think it's about damn time we move out of the starter home. matched

I think we've outgrown it. matched

I only have an ounce of an understanding of like what it would have been to be the first black president in 2008. matched

And so he was up against it in a way I only got a small taste of. matched

And so, you know, he was in his particular circumstances. matched

But, you know, he ran so that I could. matched

And, you know, in some respects, we stand on the shoulders of giants. matched

You know, I ran for governor in 2018 and I was 32, never run for office in my life. matched

And I learned what it was like to be in the public eye to that level. matched

If I speak at all about righteous anger, then I'm an Arab guy speaking about anger. matched

If I criticize my male Republican opponent and also criticize my female Democratic opponent, then the only thing that is talked about is my criticism of my female Democratic opponent, specifically around her gender. matched

And... matched

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