Candidate Abdul El-Sayed
Hosts Adolph Mongo and Vanessa Moss talk with Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, who has been endorsed by a number of people, including Sen. Bernie Sanders, Wayne County Executive Warren Evans and Flint Mayor Sheldon Neeley.
El-Sayed makes his case for replacing Sen. Gary Peters.
When asked by Mongo what he thinks of the media prematurely crowning one of his opponents the favorite in the race, he responded:
"We're running the strongest campaign in Michigan," he said. "Media is going to say what the media is going to say, talkers are going to say what the talkers are going to say; they're going to tell you how I can't win because my name is Abdul and because I pray like this instead of praying like this. But you know I've been up and down the state, I've been to 70 different cities now 200 public events and people don't ask how I pray, they ask what I pray for. They don't really care about my name they care that I care to know their name and we're building a campaign built on ideas and ideals.'
"When I ran last time I said the same thing I'm saying this time -- Donald Trump himself is not the disease of our politics, he's just the worst symptom of the disease of our politics. The disease is the system that allows huge corporations and billionaires to buy and sell politicians to do their bidding instead of ours."
Listen to the full interview below.
