Kayla Ruble

Michigan Democratic primary candidate for US senate Abdul El-Sayed speaking at an event last night: “When people say, ‘we don’t know if he’s electable,’ it seems like they’re talking about me, about my name, about my faith, but that’s actually not what they’re talking about…You know who they’re talking about?” “They’re talking about all of us, all of you, all the people in the state, and what bothers me about that is not the comment that they’re making about me, it’s the comment that they’re making about the 10 million open-minded, big hearted people in this state.” “…The experience of being an Arab and Muslim in Michigan is the experience of consistently watching as your state uplifts and empowers and embraces you, that’s been my experience. And so I get real pissed off when they so ‘you’re unelecteable because your name is Abdul’, because for me, I push back and say ‘You don’t know Michigan like I know Michigan. You don’t know Michiganders like I know Michiganders.’” (video via event livestream)