“America first”: Abdul El-Sayed says some Trump voters are backing him as he campaigns for universal healthcare and a shift in U.S. spending
Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for Michigan’s U.S. Senate seat, says some voters who supported Donald Trump two or three times now tell him they plan to vote for him. He attributes their support to his call for universal healthcare and keeping U.S. tax dollars at home rather than spending them on foreign wars and governments.
El-Sayed opposes U.S. involvement in both the tariff conflict with Canada and the war in Iran. He supports carefully targeted tariffs to protect American industry, but likened broad tariffs to giving a patient too much chemotherapy at once. He also called NAFTA a “cancer” on the U.S. economy.
He praised former President Barack Obama’s record on healthcare and diplomacy with Iran and Cuba, despite having criticized aspects of Obama’s presidency before. Medicare for All remains central to El-Sayed’s campaign; he says he would work with anyone, including Trump, to curb money’s influence in politics, improve Americans’ finances and establish universal healthcare.
El-Sayed is running against Republican Mike Rogers in a closely watched Senate race.
El-Sayed won the Democratic nomination in August, defeating U.S. Representative Haley Stevens by less than a percentage point. The open seat is among those expected to help determine control of the Senate.
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