Abdul El-Sayed was only 32 when he first ran for office in 2018, facing off against Gretchen Whitmer and Shri Thanedar in the Michigan governor's race. With a background as a public health official, he was a relative unknown to most voters. But by the time the primary election day rolled around, El-Sayed had surged in the polls, claiming just under a third of the vote.
Most major US cities spend WAY TOO MUCH on police departments to police poverty & WAY TOO LITTLE on public schools, health departments, recreation departments, & housing to eliminate poverty. Fixing that is what the #Defund movement is about, declared Abdul El-Sayed in 2020. The police have become standing armies we deploy against our own people, read another one of the thousands of tweets deleted by the progressive Democrat, who was also a CNN contributor at one point.
Two years ago this month, Netanyahu's military launched a ground invasion of Gaza. Since then, the world has watched tragedy unfold in real time. At least 60,000 Palestinians have been killed, including over 18,500 children. Nearly every home in Gaza has either been destroyed or damaged. It is unconscionable. It is wrong. Yet it has continued because politicians in both parties have chosen to send billions of our tax dollars to fund this senseless war instead of demanding an immediate ceasefire.