Abdul El-Sayed on Hasan Piker: ‘I Do Not Agree with Everything Anybody I‘ve Campaigned with Has Said’

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EL-SAYED: “So, Kasie, no, I don‘t, but I‘m also — again, you can hold me accountable for what I say and do, but I do not agree with everything anybody I‘ve campaigned with has said. And that‘s just the nature of public discourse. I campaign with folks because I want to reach the massive audience that they have to have a conversation about bringing them back to our politics, the politics that gets money out of politics, puts money in your pocket, passes Medicare for All. So, I‘m grateful for a lot of the things Hasan and I agree with. But he‘s condemned those comments himself. I clearly don‘t agree with them. But the question now is a lot more about what kind of politics do we want? Do we want a politics where folks like AIPAC or corporations can tell us who we can vote for in 30-second glossy ads by dumping $30 million into these elections? Or do we want politics where we put people into the center? Because I believe in a government of the people, by the people, and for the people. And right now, I feel like we’ve gotten way too far away from that.”