Dr. Abdul El-Sayed

That's what I'm trying to do.

And then all of this seems completely separated from the foundational issues that people are feeling pain on across our state.

Everywhere I go, people tell me about the fact that they cannot afford...

anything as simple as gas, they can't afford their rent, they can't afford their groceries, and they certainly can't afford healthcare.

I'm trying to have conversations about how we unlock our current system, take money out of politics through corporate bribery, how we address the fact that we need to put more money back in people's pockets by standing with unions and small businesses, and finally guaranteeing every single person healthcare through Medicare for All.

Those are the conversations I'm having with people, whether they are in town halls, in places like Ishpeming, on Twitch with people like Hassan, or in churches in places like Detroit.

And those are the conversations I think we need to be focused on.

You know, it's interesting.

Every room I walk into, two things happen.

Number one, somebody who's usually older than 60 comes up and says, wow, there are so many young people here.

And then one of those young people comes up to me and says, hey, I heard you on Hassan.

I just think one of the problems with our politics is that we tend to do politics for consumption by people who talk about politics like sport.

And if you're somebody who can consume politics like sports, by definition, that says something about your general privilege.

I'm trying to have conversations with people for whom politics is foundational to being able to afford a dignified life.

And I know that a lot of those folks feel X'd out of our political conversation because it's had by people who they know do not share their life experiences and could not care less about them.

I do.

I'm a physician.

I trained to take care of people, to make sure government works for people as a health director, both in Detroit and Wayne County.

I want to go to the places where people who feel locked out of our politics are actually paying attention.

And those are the conversations that I want to be having.