The MeidasTouch Podcast
Michigan Dem Senate Candidate Dr. Abdul El-Sayed on Trump’s Attacks
Sat, 19 Apr 2025
MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Michigan being ravaged by Donald Trump’s policies and Meiselas interviews Dr. Abdul El-Sayed about his candidacy for senate in Michigan. Visit https://meidasplus.com for more! Remember to subscribe to ALL the MeidasTouch Network Podcasts: MeidasTouch: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/meidastouch-podcast Legal AF: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/legal-af MissTrial: https://meidasnews.com/tag/miss-trial The PoliticsGirl Podcast: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-politicsgirl-podcast The Influence Continuum: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-influence-continuum-with-dr-steven-hassan Mea Culpa with Michael Cohen: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/mea-culpa-with-michael-cohen The Weekend Show: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-weekend-show Burn the Boats: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/burn-the-boats Majority 54: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/majority-54 Political Beatdown: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/political-beatdown On Democracy with FP Wellman: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/on-democracy-with-fpwellman Uncovered: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/maga-uncovered Coalition of the Sane: https://meidasnews.com/tag/coalition-of-the-sane Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
How has Michigan been impacted by Donald Trump’s policies?
As Donald Trump and Elon Musk have unleashed their wrecking ball in the United States of America, Michigan has been impacted significantly. And it's notable because Michigan flipped back in the 2024 election to vote for Trump. There were obviously red flags during the election, like when Trump would go to Michigan and have fake union workers at fake union shops pretend to be union workers.
I don't know. That may have been a But now you have real Michigan auto workers and union workers who are saying, look, you're playing poker with people's lives. This from a recent Guardian piece. Residents in the auto industries, Heartland, are responding to the chaotic start. to Trump's signature economic policy.
I think we've seen Donald Trump's polling when it comes to his handling of the economy right now, lower than it even was during COVID. That's supposed to be the strong issue, I guess, for the Republicans, although I never knew why that was viewed as a strong issue for Republicans. There's other issues in Michigan that need to be highlighted as well. Like this, 70 international students
facing deportation in Michigan, and the Trump regime refuses to say why. The ACLU is challenging the Trump regime's decision to revoke international students' legal status. Representatives from the various universities are saying they're not given any reasons why, and it's harming their university's cohesiveness and ability to function. Stories like this, a lab that helps forecast
Severe weather in Michigan is crippled by Trump staffing cuts. Essential functions at the Federal Great Lakes Research Lab that monitors toxic algae blooms and helps forecast Michigan weather have been crippled by the Trump regime's wave. federal firings of 30,000 federal workers in Michigan. We're seeing resistance as well.
MSU faculty joining calls for a Big Ten mutual defense compact with other universities to stand up. And we're just hearing tragic individual stories, you know, like this. I mean, and this story is repeated over and over again. A Michigan car repair shop owner detailing how the Trump tariffs are impacting his business. Let's play it.
These tariffs affect your day to day operations. I mean, is charging more the only solution?
That's the problem. You know, you can only pass so much on to a customer. You know, as a mechanic, our labor rates are a little bit high because cars are more complicated to work on, to diagnose. So we try to help a customer by getting parts at a discount. Now with these 25% going up, it's not much we can help. And we're scared that customers will put off their repairs.
Hopefully not too long, but we just don't know what's going to happen.
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