IHIP News: Abdul El-Sayed SLAMS His AIPAC-OWNED Opponents as Dems LAUNCH ATTACKS Against Him!

Okay, I'm joined today in studio one of. the hottest races in America. Of course, I'm talking about the Michigan Senate. race. I have Dr. Abdul El Sayed. He is a. physician, a former public health. official running for US Senate in. Michigan. He has spent his entire career. eliminating medical debt and taking on. corporate polluters. And now he's. running a campaign focused on ending. corporate influence in politics and. standing up for working people. That is.

such a a joy to read that that you are. interested in helping people with. medical debt and corporate polluters. How are you today? I'm well. It's such a. privilege to be here with you. Um, you. know, I just we talk about refreshing. Uh, the the content you're putting out, the conversation that you're leading. I. just really appreciate you. So, it's a. it's an honor and privilege to be with. you. Thank you. All right. So, right now. we have um, an incompetent uh, federal. government, especially the executive. branch and arguably in Congress. For.

sure in Congress, not even arguably. Um, and gas prices are something that cannot. be spun. And triple trumper, an. independent, a leftist, anybody's going. to go and fill their car up. And it's. something that you cannot escape from. What do you see, if you were in the. Senate right now, what would you be. demanding of your colleagues in this. very moment? Yeah, well, I mean, we. filled up last week $20 more than we had. a month ago. And that's. that's a consequence of our tax dollars.

being used to raise our gas prices. There are two parts to this job. There. is the procedural part of the job, and. then there's the platform part of the. job. And I think too many folks in the. US Senate forget that there's the whole. platform part of the job. Your job in. the US Senate is not just to do the. procedural things. It's to make sure. that you are narrating outcomes for. people and explaining what's going on. And I think part of the problem is that. Democrats have kind of forgotten how to. persuade. Like we've given up on the. idea that there are people out there who. are persuadable. And so if we're talking.

at all, we're talking specifically to. people who already agree with us, rather. than going out there into the places. where people can be won over, cuz you're. exactly right. If you're filling up your. Humvee truck, at the end of the day, you're paying a lot more money to do it. because of the consequences of your tax. dollars. Go take that argument out to. the people. But then there's a. procedural part. And too often you've. got this obsession with like procedure. as it's supposed to go in Congress. And. my point is if you're in the US Senate. right now, your job is to put sand in.

the gears. That's the job. I mean, you. saw it on the other side with Tommy. Tuberville. holding up all of these appointments. >> Yeah. because he didn't get what he. wants. And I think part of the problem. is we're used to losing and we assume. that we're the ones who have to play by. the rules all the time. And I'm so. sorry, this is a fight and in a fight. there's not a script. In a fight, there. is not a business as usual. They're not. pretty things. And so if you're serious. about fighting.

then you've got to be both out there. fighting with words and then fighting. with procedure, trying to throw sand in. the gears to interrupt and disrupt this. Trump administration's insane approach. to both war and governance and ICE and. all of this. It is not going along to get along. anymore. If you really do believe that. this is an existential threat to our. democracy, then you better start acting. like it. I completely agree. I remember. uh when Obama was president and Mitch. McConnell, minority leader at the time, I mean, wreaked havoc.

forever. And so I don't buy into this. there oh, there's nothing really we can. do, especially when you look at the. approval ratings of the Democratic. Party. And I want to be clear, I want. Democrats to win. I love it when. Republicans lose and let me tell you why. I love it when Republicans lose. Part of. it is for spite. But another other of it. is because I lived in a state for 51. years, Oklahoma, where Republican. supermajorities got everything they. wanted. And we went from 17th in the. country in education down to 50th. Right.

now, the Republicans have everything. they want. They have the house, they. have the court, they have the Senate, they have the executive branch, and they. still are unhappy, and they have. completely made a catastrophe. of this country. And to me, the through-line that I'm. in my own political evolution right now, it seems to be that. when corporations are giving and funding. Trump.

and funding fascism, these oligarchs are. the ones that are funneling money to. fascism, but they also you find out. there's a Palantir check here for this. Democrat, and there's an AIPAC check. here for this Democrat. It just seems to. me like they're paid controlled. opposition, and and I certainly. understand why the Democrats' approval. rating is so low right now, because you. feel like, do you believe in anything? I mean, that's exactly the point. Donald. Trump has this one-trick pony.

He will blame every problem you have on. an immigrant. You're out of a job, immigrant took your job. Out of. healthcare, immigrant took your. healthcare. Out of housing, immigrants. living in a house you should have been. able to afford. We have a far better set of answers, which is if you're out of a job, it's. probably because a corporation figured. out how to offshore automate your job. I. mean, you think about AI, like that's. been the entire business model is to off. automate all of the jobs. If you're out of a home, it's probably. because a corporation is speculating on. the home that you probably should have. been able to afford. If you're out of. healthcare, it's because a corporation.

is definitely figured out how to. monetize you because you get sick. Right. And we don't say that because too. often Democrats are taking money from. the very same corporations who are part. of the problem. So, if you can't. actually say that, you end up saying. nothing at all. We end up with these. like mealy-mouth 10-point plans about. how we're going to solve this and that, and we dress it up in a bunch of policy. speak that itself is incoherent and. actually not really consistent with the. real problem. Like, I'm all for really. good policy. I write policy books. But, policy is secondary to politics, and your job as a politician is to go.

out and explain to folks why the problem. exists and what you're going to do about. it. But, if you're part of the problem, you have no actual incentive to explain. the problem. So, we sound ridiculous. And then, what happens is this is the. worst thing is that consultants come in. and they tell you, "Well, listen, here, we did this poll, and here's the popular. thing. You should just say this popular. thing.". And it turns out that the job is not. about saying what's popular, it's about. making popular what's right. But, then even beyond that, if you're. not saying something that's particularly.

popular because it's like kind of. obvious, then the consultants tell you, "We got. to say it with some charisma.". So, you're out there, right? And you're. watching these politicians say obvious. charismatically. And you're like, "Why are you so excited about that? That's obvious." Right? So, people are. like, "Public option." You're like, "Really? That's the best you can do? People are out here going bankrupt over. their deductibles, and you're out here. talking about a public option that's. going to be just as unaffordable as the. private options? Problem isn't that we. don't have options. The problem is is. that we don't have guarantees. So, go. out there and fight for something that's. actually meaningful, and you might just.

get people who are like, "Damn, I like. what that person is saying cuz it. actually maps to my life.". Yeah, and you know, I think there is. this condescension from elected. politicians. What put whatever letter. behind the last name you want to, Republican, independent, or Democrat. Where when they're asked a question, "Do. you believe in this, yes or no? Do you. believe this person is a war criminal, yes or no?". And they give you a 15-sentence answer. instead of answering it directly. I feel. like I just want to say, "Do you think.

I'm stupid?" I asked you a yes. or no question. We are in the throes of. a full-blown fascist takeover uh with a. president who, in my opinion, is. committing war crimes. by the day. I feel like the entire. federal government is run like a bunch. of dirty cops. They're supposed to. protect us, but they're dirty as hell. So, I'm going to ask you some rapid-fire. questions. Um yes or no, abolish ICE. >> Yes. Um what's the minimum tax rate a.

billionaire should pay? Give me a. number. >> 8% on wealth. Okay. >> Not just income. Um cut off military aid to Israel. Yes. or no? Yes. Offensive and defensive. Agree. A parent. in Michigan is scared their trans kids'. health care will be taken away. What do. you say to them right now? One to two. sentences. Rights are rights. We have a. responsibility to stand for all rights. I don't care if you're ever going to use. those rights or you're not. The minute. you allow somebody to take away one.

person's rights, you are consenting to. your rights being taken away. If you. cannot stand for trans rights, do not be. surprised when they come for your. rights. We have a responsibility to. stand for everybody, and that is about. our relationship to government. I don't. care if you don't understand. I want you. to understand that all of our rights are. intertwined. So, yes, we have a. responsibility to stand up to trans. rights because we have a responsibility. to stand up to human rights. I agree. Okay. Rejecting corporate PAC money, yes. or no? Every day, all day, forever and. ever. Only person in my race who never. took corporate PAC money in the past and.

will never take in the future and is not. taking it now. All right, let's dive. into your opponents right now. So, we. have Haley Stevens. Is that her name? She's kind of the establishment and I. believe she's Chuck Schumer's first. pick. Chuck Schumer has two picks, apparently. They're just neither of them. are me. The other one is Mallory. McMorrow. Yep. If I am living in Michigan right now and. I am looking to vote, do these candidates take corporate PAC. money? They've all taken them in every.

race they've ever run. I'm glad to hear. that one of my opponents has decided. that she does not want to take them. anymore. That's great. I think it's. great to stop taking corporate PAC. checks. But let's be clear, if you've only ever. won elections. taking corporate PAC money. and your whole claim to fame is that. you've won elections. then you've won elections on the rules. that have broken our politics in the. first place. So, I think at the end of. the day, maybe start to give some of. that money back, right? Try and figure. out how you can get right on this. But. if you didn't realize from the day you. started running that corporate PACs are.

the essential corrupting feature in our. politics then at some point, I think you. owe an explanation as to why. Um at the. end of the day though, like it's not. really about them. Like to me, I want. folks to understand that from the day I. stepped into politics eight years ago. when I ran for governor I understood. that if we are going to continue to play. the game the same way it's always been. played, we're going to get continue to. get outcomes that are consistent with. what we've always gotten. And we've just. watched as things gotten worse.

So, you're a medical doctor and I think. something that every American has. struggled with is navigating insurance. and or to a lot of people not having. insurance. A lot of people not even. having dental care. Like a root canal. could cause somebody to. be completely broke for several months. because you know, it's several thousand. dollars. And as you. head into this campaign and you talk to. people on the ground in Michigan, voters. real people, not the consultants, not.

you know, we're focus grouping this. The. real people that you run into. What are. they saying to you? What do they want? They're afraid. I think. the experience of living in America over. the past decade is that things are bad. and they get worse. And anytime somebody tells you they're. going to make it better, they just make. it worse. I wrote a a book uh called Healing. Politics where I tried to diagnose this. epidemic of insecurity. And insecurity,

I'm talking about like the psychological. insecurity that's like insecure about. how you look. No, I'm talking about the. insecurity of believing that things. cannot get better. And it doesn't really matter who you. are, you are constantly faced with a. system in a situation that feels like. it's trying to pick your pocket. And that shows up in a lot of different. ways. It shows up in the. I can't afford a second bag of. groceries. It shows up in the. I am literally avoiding medical care for. a problem I know I have because I am.

worried that I'm going to fall into debt. and I can't take that debt right now. It. shows up in the I take my kid to school. and that school is the same one I went. to 30 years ago and it looks the same as. it did 30 years ago and I try to read. with my kid but my kid can't read. It shows up in the I don't know what's. wrong with the quality of water but it. doesn't look right. It shows up in the you know, I've I've. had to change my tire three times. because there are potholes in my road.

It shows up in all those ways but here's. the interesting thing. It doesn't matter. if you're talking to somebody at a VFW. hall in Escanaba in the Upper Peninsula. or you're talking to somebody at a. church in Detroit or you're talking to. somebody at a living room in Grand. Rapids. You're talking about the same. issues. But here's the thing. Our politicians have taught us to. believe that the reason we don't have is. because somebody else has. And most of us don't get the incredible. privilege of of traveling the state like. I do and being able to meet people in. their homes and in in their churches.

to see for yourself that actually the. problems are the same. And the reason. none of us have is because of decisions. made by people in DC. to. make sure people in places like New York. and Silicon Valley get more and more. more while they take more and more more. for us. And that's how it shows up. It. is painful because the thing about it is. this. Most people work hard. and they want the good things. And our system has told them that the.

reason they don't have them is because. of their failure. Mhm. And that's the. worst part of it, right? They're like, "What did I do wrong?" It's like, "Well, you didn't do anything wrong. It's that. the system is designed. to make you fail and to pick your. pocket. And you're told that if you just. swim a little bit harder, you'll get. there. It's like one of those pools. where they have the waves, and if you. stop swimming, it'll just push you back, but even if you swim hard enough, you just still can't keep up. That's. That's what people are experiencing. these days. And. at the end of the day, if you're a. billionaire or you're a corporation and. you can use your money and your wealth.

and your power. to corrupt our whole system, to turn it. up higher on everybody, and pull and suck more out of them, that's exactly what they've done. So, if. we don't intervene there, it's just. going to get harder. It's just going to. get worse. And I did this eight years. ago, and you can see the difference. It's like when you when you see somebody. walk under a strobe light, and they just. sort of teleport. It's like you saw the. the poverty and the challenges then, and. then eight years on, it's just worse. Yeah, you know, I think that there's a. really important thing happening right.

now in American politics, and I can. speak cuz I've been in both positions. Number one, it's fun to sometimes kind. of live out and just Trump bash and make. fun of you have these goober. billionaires cuz they're so easy to hate. and make fun of J.D. Vance and is he. wearing too much eyeliner today? >> enough to make fun of him. >> Right, right. >> hard not to. So, you know, and and then. Pete Hegseth is just so great. But that's just a symptom. of the problem that you just diagnosed.

And as I have the last year really been. thinking deeper about the problems of. America, I look at how right now the Democratic. establishment kind of wants us to focus. on this resistance lib stuff and focus. on Donald Trump and bringing back. democracy. But there's really a a larger. problem, lots of larger problems. happening. One thing that I've really. opened up my eyes to that I was very. indifferent and uninterested about my. entire life is um.

uh Israel and Gaza. I lived in Oklahoma. I was fighting these Christian. nationalists that were removing abortion. from our state and. you know, horrible laws to my to the LGBTQ+. community. Really, really just. institutionalized cruelty and bullying. to marginalized communities in these. Bible Belt states. And then I opened my eyes to that and I. see the um lies. that I was told for a really long time. from a lot of them from Democrats that.

Israel's this you know, beacon of. democracy and they're surrounded by all. these terrorist organizations and we. have to support them. I bought into that. for a long time. I was like, "Oh yeah, that's good. I support democracy. Fantastic. I don't like terrorism. I'm all in, you know, yes, we can hope. and change. Let's go." And I'm very. politically active person. But I see that. this is a real moral failing of our. country and I've completely gone 180 on. that issue and I see the way.

Israel is killing little kids, Yeah. shooting them in the head and in the. heart per BBC reporting. And right now in Lebanon, you know, you. see 200, 300 people killed, total of. about 2,000 killed. Israel has no signs. of stopping, bombing apartment buildings. and then you see clips of people going. back through the rubble trying to find. their pets or their kids. This. These war crimes and this inhumanity.

with our taxpayer money. It's horrible. enough as is. that they're doing. But that they're. doing it from the people. that work so hard and pay their. fair share in taxes. Elon Musk paid $0, Tesla zero and then. got all these government subsidies on. top of that. And then you see, oh, we can afford to. do all of these things, and we can't afford to help. kids with cancer, and we're funding. this homicidal regime.

and executing little kids because. they're from wherever they're from. You. can't help where you're from. I can't. help with that I'm an American. You're. just you're from where you're from. It. doesn't make you an worthy of. death. I'm just really mad about that. I'm really mad about the lies. perpetrated by establishment politicians. in both parties. Yeah. I really appreciate you saying that. Um. my I was raised by my dad who's an. Egyptian immigrant. My stepmom, Jackie, who's a daughter of the American. Revolution from the Middle Eastern.

Michigan. And my stepfather was Palestinian. And one of the great gifts of my. upbringing was the ability to walk. between different worlds. and to talk to people who have. fantastically different worldviews so. that you can get to the least common. denominator of that human experience. Like when your grandmother is somebody. who's never gotten to go to school, raised six kids in a one-bedroom. apartment, or your other grandmother is. a nurse who trained in Flint who raised. three kids in a bungalow in the Midwest. When they kiss you on the forehead or. make your favorite meal is done with the.

same love, feels the same. And. I think about one set of my cousins who. struggle to afford very basic things in. the United States, who pay their taxes, work really hard. And then I think about another set of my. cousins who have lived under a military. dictatorship as a function of those. exact same tax dollars that my other. cousins paid. And you learn to think about the world. both in the question of what do you do. to provide. for all of us here, the health care that.

folks need and deserve, the. opportunities that they need in good. schools, functional infrastructure, and also what does it look like to. protect people from living on the wrong. side of American power. And. that humanity, I just wish we saw it. in everyone because at the end of the. day. our money. is being used. to execute children in other countries. That should be used to invest in. children in our own. It's not even just that it's being.

misused. It's that we are being robbed. of our resources. to destroy lives in another place. And. you know, at the end of the day like. there is nothing that is more centering. than looking at your own kids. I got a. 8-year-old and a 3-year-old. And those little girls like when I walk. in the house, they could care less how. the campaign They're the only people who. don't ask me about the campaign. I love. it. They just want to read a book. They want. to go outside and play soccer. They, you. know, want to just cuddle, right?

Everybody when they look at their kids. they have the same feeling. I don't know what. happens. when we. lose the empathy of recognizing. that at the end of the day if all of us. feel the same way about our kids, we. ought to feel the same way about all. kids. And that should be the least common. denominator of our policy. So, when people try to tell you that. opposing a genocide abroad is about your. hate for a group of people, I always find that to be such a wild. thing. I stand up against anti-Semitism because. I love people. I stand up against. genocide because I love people.

At the end of the day, that is the moral. least common denominator that should. motivate all of our politics. And I hope. that people have the courage to move in. that direction whichever way it leads. them. And if your politicians do not, ask them. why their policy proposals don't map to. what they say they believe. Just ask because normally. the difference is somebody's money. I I completely agree and I just I think. that this is a time. right now where.

candidates like you and candidates like. Zoran, um. there has been. um. really important propagandic messaging. that I have fallen prey to. I'm not a. religious person. I grew up in the Bible. Belt and just think God, these all these. religious people are so wacky. So, in. the post-9/11 era, you know, Muslims are. terrorists. Um, they have all these. wives, blah, blah, blah. I fell prey to. Islamophobia. I have been.

Islamophobic before. And what cuts through somebody like me. who's open-minded, not really religious, but falls prey to propagandic. Islamophobia. is seeing people like you. when asked. "Will you throw anybody under the bus to. score a cheap political point?" The. answer is No. And that you value. universal human rights. And so, then when I see some of these Democratic. politicians.

that I've liked in the past, that seem. to want to throw trans people under the. bus, I feel like this is really, really. dangerous. And let me tell you why. I have some friends in Oklahoma City, and they have a 10-year-old trans. daughter. Mhm. It's brutal. in Oklahoma right now to have a trans. child. Nobody wakes up and says, "I think I. want to with a lot of Republicans. and conservatives today. I'm going to, you know, have this trans. child.". It is a really.

it's difficult enough to raise your. child on your own. But when you have. school systems, school superintendents, governors, House, Senate, Supreme Courts. on the state level. focused against you, their only choice. is to flee. to a sanctuary place to raise their. child. And my friends can afford to do. this. And so, I I've had this political. evolution in. in. rejecting a lot of this corporate.

and rejecting a lot of. politicians that can't answer a yes or. no question. And for sure, the biggest. red flag for me. is if somebody wants to score a cheap. political culture war point and throw. somebody under the bus, they will throw. your ass under the bus. so fast. it'll make your head spin. You know, you. you talk about being under the bus. I know what it's like to live under the. bus. Right? I I was a junior in high school. after 9/11. I remember going from being.

a kid with a a funny name and olive. complexion to being a very particular. kind of funny name and a very particular. kind of olive complexion. I had to grow. up real quick. Um. and when people are so quick to throw. you under the bus, you start to. see all the other people under the bus. And you realize that at the end of the. day, nobody wants to be under the bus. And so you start to think, you know. what? I don't I may not understand why. you're here. Right? I know intimately why I'm here. But I may not know why you're here, but.

I do know none of us deserve to be here. So at some point, I think there's an. experience of being othered, being told. you don't belong, being told you're not. quite right, being told that you're. weird or you're odd. I mean, I spend a. lot of my time apologizing for my name. In politics, you just kind of have to do. it. You know what I mean? Mhm. But I. love my name, right? My name means. servant leader. It's like a great name. for politics. Terrible name for. politics, but great name for politics. And um. and you start to appreciate the fact. that like.

the thing that people do. when they feel down. is to make somebody else feel worse, so. they feel at least better than somebody. And when you recognize that evil thing. that is unfortunately a part of human. nature for what it is. then you start to realize the. responsibility to reject it, no matter. who is being thrown under. And it's a conversation I've had with a. lot of folks in the Arab and Muslim. community, which is to say, I don't need. you to understand. But, I need you to understand that your. rights to pray as you choose to pray,

dear Muslim, who put your face on the. ground 34 times a day, which everybody. else thinks is weird, your right to do that. is. deeply intertwined with this person's. right to be who they are, Yep. >> to love who they love. And I need you to show up for them, because in doing that you're showing up. for yourself. And we're showing up for an America. where we embody the idea of showing up. for each other. And so much of the challenge that we. have when we talk about the good things.

government can offer. is about practicing showing up for each. other. I hear all the time from folks. who want to make bad faith arguments. about Medicare for all. They say, "Well, I don't want my tax dollars to go to pay. for health care for them.". I was like, "Well, do you think they. want their tax dollars to pay for health. care for you?". And they're like, "Well, no. That's why. we should all pay for ourselves." And. I'm like, "Except for, you don't know. when you're going to need it. You may think you're self-sufficient, but I've seen hospital bills in the. hundreds of thousands. >> Oh, yeah. that neither you nor them can. pay. So, wouldn't it be smarter if all.

of us just agreed that we could show up. for each other and then all of us. benefited? And it's that willingness to intertwine. ourselves with each other, to live in. community, to see somebody eye to eye, to recognize that like, I may not know. you or your experience or how you uh. show up in the world, but I know that. when you look at your kids, you feel. some kind of way, cuz I feel the same. way. And I want to show up for you, so. you could show up for them. I want to. show up for them, so they can be there. for you. And I know that at the end of. the day, if that's all we have in.

common, then that should be enough. I just want to say that I am I think. these conversations are really. important. I think that I have so much. gratitude of having an open mind and. getting through my own biases and. propaganda that I've fallen prey to in. the past. And I think. America is best because we are. multicultural. I think your name's cool. Thank you. >> you're cool and if. >> is, too. Thank you. And if I lived in Michigan, I.

would definitely vote for you. >> it for like 4 months. People are wait, your name is Jen Welch? I'm like. Doesn't get much more American that tell. my listeners listeners, this is so. important that we. elect people that are not beholden to. corporations. It's so important that we. elect people that do not fund the. oligarchs that are funding fascism. Because Trump's going to die and these. oligarchs and this funding is still. going to happen. So we have to put up.

guardrails. So tell my listeners, even. if you don't live in Michigan, these. races are so important for democracy, for equal rights because none of us are. free until all of us are free. And any. politician that tells you differently or. prioritizes is a grifter. All right, tell us how they can donate to you and. or donate time online. Tell my listeners. how they can get involved in helping you. get elected in Michigan. >> Yeah, it go to our website. abdul4senate.com.

Uh sign up to volunteer, do donate. I. don't take corporate money. I never. have. I never will. Uh so I rely on good. folks dropping five bucks, 10 bucks, 7,000 bucks if they got it. Uh but. I um I I do I hope that folks will get. involved. Also follow us on socials um. @AbdulElSayed. Share our stuff. We try. to have a good time. Um this is a. campaign that really is about people. I. think a lot of folks campaign thinking. that if they stack enough cash then they. can run 30-second ads that tell lies. about themselves and other people and. that'll be enough. Like that is not what.

I want. I honestly, I'm okay with. somebody taking the time to get to know. me and saying, you know, not quite my. cup of tea. I don't want to get money. out of politics. I don't want money back. in my pocket. I don't want Medicare for. all. I'll be like, okay, then I'm not. your guy. Right. >> But I want you to know who I am, warts. and all, right? Nobody's perfect. None. of us, as much as Democrats think that. like if you're perfectly inoffensive, you're going to win an election. Nobody's perfectly inoffensive. At the. end of the day, if perfectly inoffensive. won elections, Donald Trump would not. have been elected twice. It turns out that people want to know. who you are. And so, my goal goal is to. just share what the vision is that we're.

trying to build for Michigan, to build a. a movement of people. You know, when we. organize, and I hope folks will sign up. to volunteer, I always tell folks like, you know, the script is about like what. we're about, right? A lot of folks have. these scripts for the volunteers. I. don't actually want you to read my. script. I want you to read yours. Because people are going to listen when. they understand what motivated you. The. work of politics is about trying to take. pain and turn it into purpose. And all of us come to this work with our. pain, right? We all know what it was.

like to go without at some point. So, what about this movement means that it. can turn your pain into purpose? Share. that. And if you do, at the end of the. day, that's going to be way more. compelling than anything we could write. for you. I have my pain, you have your. pain, all of us have our pain. But, when. we come together around the mutual. experience of that, that's where purpose. sits. So, I hope folks will get started. on our website. Um, check us out, share. our stuff. It's been such a privilege to. share a really meaningful conversation. with you. I'm a big fan, so, you know, I. walked into the space here and I was. like, "Oh, I can't believe I'm actually.

here.". With Ms. Welch. Um, We're so happy to have you. I wish you. the best of luck. We will check in with. you again. The primary is in August. So, let's get you back on again, um, right at the tail end, and let's. just get these voters mobilized to go. get you to win this primary. Thank you. so much for joining us. >> Thank you so much for having me.