Why young people in Michigan are backing Abdul El-Sayed

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Michigan’s Democratic nominee for US Senate, Abdul El-Sayed, has been put through the conservative wringer for some apparently unforgivable traits: namely, believing in universal healthcare, opposing military aid to Israel and having a Muslim name. The son of Egyptian immigrants, El-Sayed is a Rhodes scholar and former public health official, and though he’s been endorsed by Bernie Sanders and AOC, he still identifies as a capitalist – so long as it’shellip;read more raquo;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;View Gallery (20 images)nbsp;