Abdul El-Sayed: ‘At the End of the Day, the Issue is the Economy, Stupid’

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EL-SAYED: “I ask them to focus, y‘all, because at the end of the day, the issue is the economy, stupid, as I believe the last individual you just highlighted suggested. And right now, people can‘t afford the basic means of a dignified life. They‘re worried about whether or not they can see a doctor if they get sick, how they‘re going to afford a home or the next payment, whether or not they can stay in the job they‘ve worked for years and years. And we‘re focused on exactly those issues, the issues that Democrats should have been focusing on for the — for the vast majority of the last 20 years. And I think we‘ve taken our eyes off the ball. And in part, it‘s because too often our politics get sieved through conversations like this about the future of the party. Most people don‘t care about the future of the party. They care about their future. And so long as we‘re answering questions about that, helping them to get money out of their politics so we can get money in their pockets and pass Medicare for All, you’re going to see candidates who have those conversations, like we are in Michigan, winning.”