Watch: Abdul El-Sayed addresses supporters as ballot count continues in tight Michigan Senate race
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[0:00] But uh things are getting along in the
[0:01] night now and Abdul El Say has taken the
[0:03] stage. He is speaking. Let's listen in
[0:06] uh to him for a moment.
[0:08] >> The last month has brought the stakes of
[0:10] this election into sharp relief. Ours
[0:14] this beautiful movement was built over
[0:16] the past year and a half campaigning
[0:17] across Michigan's biggest cities and its
[0:19] smallest towns. We spoke of a brighter,
[0:22] a bigger, more hopeful Michigan. There's
[0:25] an astroturfed corporatefunded
[0:28] advertising campaign built to deceive
[0:31] and distract.
[0:39] Rather than try to unite us to contend
[0:41] with the crisis of gas or groceries, the
[0:44] opposition decided to try to divide us.
[0:47] At first, they pointed to my name and my
[0:50] faith as if to say, you know, he's a
[0:53] little different. And when it didn't
[0:55] work, they tried to guilt me by
[0:58] association. And when that didn't work,
[1:00] they went all in on one of the ugliest
[1:02] campaigns we've seen in our lifetimes.
[1:10] >> They might have been pointing to my name
[1:12] and my faith, but we all know that my
[1:14] name and my faith aren't the reason you
[1:15] can't afford your gas. Not the reason
[1:18] you can't afford your groceries. Not the
[1:21] reason you can't see a doctor.
[1:23] Now, as I was campaigning, some of you
[1:25] would come up and ask me,
[1:29] "How come you don't hit back? How come
[1:31] you don't call them racist or hateful?"
[1:35] >> Because here's the thing. I didn't run
[1:37] for myself. And in truth, they weren't
[1:40] targeting me.
[1:42] They were just weren't just attacking
[1:44] me. They were targeting and attacking
[1:48] you.
[1:50] >> They were targeting and attacking the
[1:51] very idea of Ame