Crowd (00:29):
We did it. We did it. Abdul, you did it.
(00:29)
Good job. So proud of you.
(00:29)
[inaudible 00:00:30].
Abdul El-Sayed (00:29):
[inaudible 00:00:30].
Crowd (00:29):
Good job.
Curtis Hertel (00:43):
I'm Curtis Hertel. I'm the chair of the Michigan Democratic Party. Well, it has been a long night, but it's also been a long two years for the people of Michigan. The people of Michigan were promised by this president that their wages would go up, that their prices would go down, that they'd be tired of winning, that there'd be no more foreign wars, the Epstein files would be released, and all of that has been a lot. And what I can tell you is the energy, the enthusiasm, and the fight is on the Democratic side. Yesterday was the highest turnout for Democrats in the history of a Michigan primary. And more importantly, over 500,000 more Michiganders voted in the Democratic primary than in the Republican primary. We have a great ticket. Oh, Jocelyn Benson, our current Secretary of State who has fought for our voting rights, will be our next governor. Eli Savit, who's been both a prosecutor, and a fighter against corporations that have poisoned our water will be our next Attorney General. Garlin Gilchrist, who has been an amazing Lieutenant Governor who has fought to end a Republican rule in Lansing, and has passed the largest tax cut for working families in history, bought 30,000 kids out of poverty, and ended the first state in 70 years to end right to work, past the largest investment in education, the largest investment in housing, will be our next Secretary of State. And after last night, a fighter, a true fighter, and that is what people want, Abdul El-Sayed will be our next U.S. Senator. It's been a long campaign across Michigan, and a huge turnout of excitement. But what's important is that Democrats are united.
Crowd (03:30):
That's right.
Curtis Hertel (03:31):
We are united in the fact that every person deserves healthcare in this country. We are united in the fact that the cost of living is too high for American families. That it is ridiculous that a family has to decide between the cost of prescription drugs and the cost of rent or housing, that they can decide whether they can afford to take that vacation, or even send their kids to college. It has become impossible to raise a family in Trump's America, and so we have got to work together to take this country back. And I can tell you, what we need as a fighter and a public servant.
Crowd (04:26):
That's right.
Curtis Hertel (04:26):
Whether it is in the Detroit Health Department, or the Wayne County Health Department, Abdul El-Sayed has been a fighter for the people over and over again. He has stood up to corporations, and made sure that the people are always at the front of the line when it comes to their needs. And we juxtapose that against Mike Rogers, Mike Rogers served in the U.S. Congress, left there, and enriched himself from the work that he had done. Made millions of dollars on the backs of people fighting for corporate greed over and over again. He moved to Florida, and then he decided to move back to Michigan when he decided he wanted to be a U.S. Senator. The people of Michigan said no two years ago, and they are going to say no again in 2026.
(05:21)
And what I can tell you is that I'm proud as the chairman of this party, we have a very diverse ticket, but most importantly, what we have is a ticket of fighters. And we are proud to have Abdul El-Sayed added to this ticket. We are excited to say that he will be the next senator here in Michigan. And now I get to pass it on to another fighter. I've gotten to serve with Mallory McMorrow in the Senate. She has been one of the best fighters for Michigan. Someone who has always stood up. Someone who knows how important this election will be. Somebody who helped get us a trifecta to change Michigan for the better for people. My friend, State Senator, Mallory McMorrow.
Mallory McMorrow (06:27):
Good morning, Michigan.
Crowd (06:29):
Morning.
Mallory McMorrow (06:30):
Good morning. Did everybody get a little bit of sleep last night?
Crowd (06:34):
No.
Mallory McMorrow (06:34):
Doing okay? I'm State Senator Mallory McMorrow, and I am so proud to be here this morning. It is an exciting morning in Michigan. And I know that this was a long and brutal primary, take it from me, I lived through it personally. But what is most important now is that we recognize that for all of the differences we may have had in this primary, that those differences pale in comparison to the contrast that we face in November. Now, in pure Michigan fashion, I had made a commitment earlier that no matter what happened in this race, that I was going to endorse the nominee the minute the race was called, and that I would be at their party. Well, Michigan decided maybe we're not going to the parties last night. So this morning, with all of you, this is the party, this is the start of a celebration of all of us coming together.
(07:32)
Now, I want to say to my supporters, to the supporters of Congresswoman Stevens, who fought hard, and to the Congresswoman herself, thank you. Thank you for putting your name on a ballot. Thank you to everybody who volunteered. Thank you to everybody who organized. Thank you to everybody who poured your heart and soul into these campaigns for almost the last two years. We need all of you, all of us, to stay in this fight every minute going forward, because I can promise you that today Mike Rogers and Donald Trump are looking at Michigan, and they are hoping that these family fights that we had, that disagreements within the Democratic Party are the fights that we're going to maintain through November. They will be hoping that we are either too hurt, because we, or our candidate lost, or too proud because our candidate won to not be willing to reach across and bring somebody in, or just to be too sad to move forward. Well, this morning, are we ready to show the rest of the country what Michigan is made of?
Crowd (08:43):
Yep.
Mallory McMorrow (08:46):
Are we ready to show the rest of the country what it looks like when Michigan fights and wins?
Crowd (08:53):
Yeah.
Mallory McMorrow (08:53):
Are we ready to do it alongside a fellow girl dad, girl parent?
Crowd (08:59):
Yeah.
Mallory McMorrow (09:00):
And I just want to give a huge amount of credit, I mean, look, this is an ugly business sometimes, and I just got to meet Sarah Abdul, thinking about our girls, and the future that it's going to mean for them in this state and in this country. That's why I'm here today. I know that we share a why. I know that we all care about making a better future for our kids, and that is why I could not be more proud to introduce you to now officially the Democratic nominee to become the next United States Senator from the great state of Michigan. Please join me in welcoming Abdul El-Sayed.
Abdul El-Sayed (09:56):
I just want to say how grateful I am to my colleague, Senator McMorrow, Chairman Hertel, to all of our incredible supporters here.
Abdul El-Sayed (10:00):
... Hertel to all of our incredible supporters here, what a race. In the words of Muhammad Ali, we shook up the world. And I want to say just first and foremost, how grateful I am for the opportunity to participate in democracy. Now my family immigrated to this country from a place where there is not democracy. You cannot just put your hand up and run. And the ability to do this, to have our voices heard, to select our leaders, it is a gift that sometimes we take for granted. So to have participated means so much. And to my fellow participants, I just want to say how grateful I am to you. Senator McMorrow, you ran an incredible race. You fought to end the corporate corruption, our politics.
(10:45)
You took on the power of APAC. You were willing to speak truth to a level of power that sometimes is unbeatable. And I just want to say thank you and how grateful I am to have your support here today. I cannot wait to see what you do next. And I hope that for as long as I'm in this work, that we can be in this work together. Thank you. To my colleague and friend, Congresswoman Haley Stevens, we shared a great conversation this morning. And I know that it was a bitter end to this very long primary, but I also know that Haley brings the best of herself to her work. She is one of the most committed public servants that she'll ever meet. She loves democracy like I love democracy.
(11:29)
And whatever differences that we might have had in the primary, they pale in comparison to what unifies us. A recognition that so long as we want to keep our democracy, that democracy better be working for people and that all of us have to come together to make sure that we never let Mike Rogers see the inside of the US Senate. So Congresswoman, thank you for your race. And I have to say a few more thank-yous before we talk about where we're going next. First, I got to thank my wife, Sarah. Yay. When we decided to jump into this race, I knew that it was going to be tough for me, but I also knew that it was going to be particularly tough on our family.
(12:12)
And the fact that she held it down alongside her medical practice, alongside making sure that our daughters didn't experience this without thinking life was just normal, that takes just an extraordinary amount of effort and sacrifice. So I just want to say how grateful I am to you love, and I'm so, so honored and thankful that we get to continue this. 20 years on, it's been a hell of a ride. I owe her a 20th anniversary on our 21st anniversary because we definitely didn't get one of those this year. To my daughters, I know that they're not watching, but I wish this meant I get a little bit more time with you, but give me three more months.
(12:54)
To everybody who put their shoulders into the work, anybody who made a contribution, who knocked on a door, who made a phone call, who put yourself into this democracy, who gave us your stake in democracy, this movement, this moment is for you. And I just can't say how grateful I am to have earned the votes that we got. We took on a machine. You're not supposed to be able to beat $70 million of outside spending. A record amount of money spent in a campaign against a Democrat in a primary in any campaign. You're not supposed to be able to beat that. And what we showed is that the power of our many is greater than the power of their money.
(13:36)
What we showed is that if you're willing to build a movement brick by brick, if you're willing to go and travel your state and have the conversations in rooms big and small, starting in moments when people aren't even paying attention to an election, but are paying attention to the price of gas and the price of groceries and the price of housing and the price of healthcare, that you can build a conversation that builds into a movement that defeats Goliath. This is what you all show. And my hope is that our democracy will never be the same. So when big pharma and big tech, when DC and Blue Cross come and knocking saying, "You know what? This is our democracy and we're going to own it."
(14:14)
From here on out, we can always point and say, "No, this is the people's democracy and we will always own it." This would not have been possible without the incredible efforts of so many allies and allied organizations. I got to give a special thank you to my first endorsers. Bernie Sanders, the OG who came in on day one, put his entire shoulder in the work. I just hope that I can help to carry some of that load in the fight for working people and Medicare for all that he's been carrying for all of this time. The UAW. UAW.
(14:56)
As a son of immigrants, son of a father who came to this country to build cars, I got to say that this is still the best place in the world to make an automobile and that is because of the fighting UAW, but it's also the best place in the world to build a family because of the fighting UAW. And our work is about making sure that the folks who want to sell our democracy off the corporations and special interests don't get to take that away. And I stand in lockstep with our UAW sisters and brothers. To the AFT, the National Nurses United, the AFGE, the AAUP, thank you so much for your work to all of the advocacy organizations who made this possible on the ground. Folks like the PCCC and Move On.
(15:42)
Folks like the Working Families Party, all of the constituency organizations who knocked on doors and made phone calls, thank you so much for putting your shoulder into the work. I also have to thank all of our endorsers, 300 strong, who came in, spent their time with us, came from just down the street or came from across the country to talk about what it looks like to build a movement of the people by the people and for the people. I want to say how grateful I am to you. We built this campaign brick by brick. Back in April, I remember talking to a room of five people in a discussion that most people will never clock, but it was an opportunity for us to share a honest conversation about pain and about purpose.
(16:32)
And I've been able to have 500 more of those discussions over the past 15 months. I trained to be a doctor and the single most important moment that makes a clinical encounter is that moment that somebody shares their pain with you believing that you could do something about it. I don't practice medicine as has been well documented by all of you, but I hope that I get to practice that part of things. And I've been able to practice it, but it requires people being willing to share their pain with you so that you can do something about it. That is a moment, a piece of vulnerability people give you because they believe that you can actually fix it.
(17:12)
It's an investment, sure, in a campaign, but it more is an investment in democracy. And as we traveled our state, we were in living rooms in Lansing, VFW Halls in Escanaba, basements in Grand Rapids, churches in Detroit. I got to meet so many of you, Michigan, so many. And you shared both what caused pain, but also what brought purpose. And we forged a movement out of that to get money out of politics, put money back in pockets and pass Medicare for all to guarantee healthcare in this country. And for our troubles, the corporations, the special interests, who would rather get to decide who our elected officials are than let us decide who our elected officials are.
(18:00)
They spent an unprecedented amount of money to beat us. Attack ad after attack ad, after attack ad, after attack ad. Wall to wall ads. But it turns out that the commercials are the part of the television show most people don't want to watch. It turns out that you can spend as much money as you want on lies, but it doesn't make them true. It turns out that when you're able to reach out and dignify somebody's pain, people remember that a lot more than a 30-second ad played on a loop on television. And it turns out that when the people want something in this democracy of ours, the people can get that thing if we're willing to do the work of that.
(18:42)
And that's exactly what Michiganders up and down the state showed. 12,000 volunteers knocking nearly 10,000 doors a day to defeat an unprecedented amount of outside money, $70 million. But right now, as bitter and as divisive and as cynical as the campaign against us might have been, I want us to realize that there is so much more that unites us now. Because the campaign that Mike Rogers and Donald Trump and their GOP MAGA allies are launching is already more bitter. All you got to do is look at the ads you're already watching on TV started today. They think that you want to use my whole name against me. Mike, listen man, if you can't say the name, it's Abdulrahman, keep the name out your damn mouth.
(19:34)
I'll be happy to give you lessons. But they understand that the only way that they think they can win is to drag us into the mud, to believe the worst about each other, to believe that what divides us is bigger than what unites us. They want us to think that the reason some of us ain't got is because of other people got. But it turns out that the reason so many of us ain't got is because of the system that has corrupted our politics to take it away from us...
Abdul El-Sayed (20:00):
... is because of the system that has corrupted our politics to take it away from us. And that is the thing that we are taking on now. That movement to get money out of politics, put money in your pocket, pass Medicare for All, it is a big movement. So if you supported me or you did not support me, if you voted for Vice President Harris in 2024 or you voted for Donald Trump, if you believe, like me, that you ought to be able to afford your groceries, if you believe, like me, that you ought to be able to afford your home, if you believe, like me, that your tax dollars ought to be invested in you rather than sent somewhere else, if you believe, like me, that a government of the people by the people and for the people is our birthright in this country, if you believe, like me, that we have a responsibility to stand up and walk with our union so that everybody has collective bargaining rights in this country, if you believe, like me, that you ought to have the guarantee of good healthcare in this country without some corporation trying to tell you what you cannot have and should not fight for, I hope that you'll join this movement now.
(21:10)
I want to speak specifically to an issue that has been focused on in this race. To my Jewish American sisters and brothers, one of the most indelible memories of this campaign will have been the opportunity to break bread with you at Seder, to worship with you at shul, to be embraced by you. And listening to sisters and brothers who said, "I want to join this movement because AIPAC doesn't speak for me, because I understand that self-determination for one people does not require the quenching of self-determination for another people." That unless all of us are free, none of us are free, I want to tell you the great gift that you've given me. And to all of my sisters and brothers of the Jewish faith or any faith at all or no faith at all, I want you to know that my commitment to your safety, my commitment to Jewish safety is the same commitment that I have to the safety of my own daughters.
(22:15)
Because if there is one question of a political philosophy that ought to animate us all is what would build? What we do if we treated all of our kids like they were all of our kids? How would we spend our money? Where would we put our investment? How would we embrace one another? What kind of schools would we build? What kind of healthcare would we offer? What kind of jobs would we protect? And I say this because there could not be a greater contrast between that philosophy and the cynicism of Mike Rogers. See, Mike's a guy who spent 14 years in Congress with one goal, to figure out how to cash out the day he left. And guess what he did? As soon as he left Congress, after having taken corporate check, after corporate check, after corporate check to empower the corporations to pick your pockets, he went and he cashed out. Not in Michigan. No, winters are too cold for him. He's got thin skin after all. He went to Florida.
(23:23)
So Mike, if you want to be a Florida man, go be a Florida man. If you want to golf in Florida, go golf in Florida. But I promise you in November, we are going to send you back to Florida. Mike Rogers is the guy who wants to put a data center in your backyard so he can make himself feel a little bit more manly by making an AI video. Mike Rogers is the guy who has never shied away from a DTE check so he could turn his face in the direction of Florida. Mike Rogers is a guy who will do anything Blue Cross Blue Shield wants him to do, including raise your rates. Mike Rogers is a guy who introduced legislation to increase the flow of opioids. He did that while I was in high school. Mike Rogers is a guy whose politics and vision and perspective are old.
(24:12)
Mike Rogers is a guy who has never shied away from a corporation he could do a favor for. Mike Rogers is a guy who, believe it or not, went back to Florida so he can lick every single boot Donald Trump owns to beg for his endorsement. I'm so sorry. If you want a senator who's going to lick some boots, fine, go vote for Mike Rogers. But if you want a senator who's going to stand up to Donald Trump, then you've got your option right here. And what's funny about Mike Rogers is that he's like the worst of all versions of the Republican Party. He's the worst of the neocon version. I mean, he was in the House during the entirety of the Iraq war. He left because he got tired of it. And then he swore up and down he could never support Donald Trump until of course he was licking Donald Trump's boots. So now he carries the burden of both of those things. Is he MAGA? Is he neocon? No, man. He's just a corporate sellout.
(25:15)
So Mike, I'm going to say right here, I know you're going to say no because you're a coward. Five debates, all right? If you're willing to stand with me and have a conversation, you and I both know that you will wither in front of your own crimes, but I'm going to make sure Michiganders know about them because at the time we're done, you are not going to have safe quarter from people holding you accountable to what you've done for them here in Michigan. We will send you back to Florida where you belong. Five debates. I'm hoping for an answer today. It's going to be a lot of fun, my guy.
(25:54)
But I want to finish here because it's not about Mike Rogers. It's not even about Donald Trump. It is about who we are as a country. I worked in that building right there. In fact, you could see the window of my former office. And there are moments I had to pinch myself because my story in America is about as unlikely as it gets. But for an accident of history that allows my dad to immigrate to Detroit, to go to Wayne State University. I was supposed to be a cab driver in Egypt like my cousins. I would spend a lot of my childhood summers in Egypt. I'd spend them there with a front row seat to what my life should have been. Except for I got to be born in America where I got vaccinated against diseases that killed an aunt and uncle I never got to meet. They died before their first birthday.
(26:51)
I got to go to amazing public schools, an incredible public university. I got my medical education paid for by a public agency at the NIH. That's what America gave me. Now, the crazy thing is I grew up about 20 minutes from here. And in traveling 20 minutes, I traveled a 10-year life expectancy gap. I got to meet kids who never got the opportunities I got despite the fact that their families had been here far longer than me. I know what America gave me, but I also know what America continues to deny too many of her own children.
(27:25)
And a lot of my work in that building right there was about trying to address exactly that. And I kept running up against one thing. The kind of politics that tell us that we cannot invest in those children because we should be sending their money to deny rights to other children abroad. A politics that tells us that the corporations should do what they can and the rest of us do what we must. A politics that tells us that our democracy is there for the taking if you have enough money to take it. And so when the opportunity to run for US Senate came up, I realized that this was a fight not just against Mike Rogers and Donald Trump. It was a fight for the kind of America that can give what I had to all of her children. That is the work in front of us.
(28:14)
This country of ours, this America of ours is more than a flag, it's more than a set of colors. If you're a patriot, then you better fight for an America that is America for all of her kids. That's what this is about. Building a movement to take our democracy back to serve the people who absolutely deserve the best of what America has to offer them. That's the commitment all of us are making. So whether you voted for me or voted for my opponent or didn't vote at all, we're inviting you to that movement to get money out of politics so we can put money back in pockets and finally guarantee the promise of healthcare through Medicare for All. And I am so honored, so honored for all of the folks who've already invested, to all the folks who have, and I cannot wait to meet you and let's go win in November.
Speaker 1 (29:08):
[inaudible 00:29:09] questions. Hands up for a question please. And say your name and outlet when called on. Start here.
Joey (29:16):
Joey with Associated Press. You mentioned that you spoke with Congresswoman Stevens earlier. Can you talk a little bit about what was said and if she indicated whether she would be endorsing you?
Abdul El-Sayed (29:26):
She will absolutely be endorsing us and she will be fighting alongside us to make sure that we defeat Mike Rogers and win the future in November.
Speaker 1 (29:35):
The questions, looking for locals. Oh, here.
Arlette Saenz (29:41):
Arlette Saenz with CNN. This was a very tight race. Perhaps quite [inaudible 00:29:46] votes are expected about 15,000 votes right now between you and Haley Stevens. Does the fact that this was such a tight race make it more difficult for the Democratic Party to unite and also reach out to those reach out to those swing voters who might be looking and seeing, well, Democrats bring out their feelings?
Abdul El-Sayed (30:01):
Well, I'd love to get other-
Arlette Saenz (30:00):
... Looking and seeing what Democrats will [inaudible 00:30:02].
Abdul El-Sayed (30:03):
Well, I'd love to get others' perspective on this, but let me give you mine. You heard about the historic turnout. Sometimes intra-family squabbles are the biggest ones, but we all know that when we walk out the house, we stand united. And sometimes we got to have it out about the conversation about who we are and who we want to be. And I think, I'll tell you that the things that unite us are so much bigger than the things that divide us. If anything, when you've got 500,000 more voters who came out to be a part of a process to pick a nominee, that means that their voices have been heard. And we're going to build a movement that reaches out to everybody. I know not everybody's going to agree with me on everything.
(30:45)
That's not how this works, but I do know that they agree with me on the need to beat Mike Rogers, and the need to hold Donald Trump accountable, and the need to provide people healthcare, and the need to address the affordability crisis that is making it so that all of us struggle simply because we ought to pump gas or go to the grocery store. And the need to stop fighting stupid wars we should never be fighting. There's so much more we agree on. I'm looking forward to unifying together. The Congresswoman and I, the Senator and I, we've had some great conversations about where we go from here and we cannot wait to come together and win in November.
Speaker 2 (31:16):
Dr. El-Sayed, what do you see being your biggest challenge moving forward?
Moderator (31:26):
We're going to let the chairman answer the questions.
Curtis Hertel (31:27):
Thank you very much. I appreciate it. As our future senator said, 1.5 million people showed up to vote in Michigan on the Democratic side. That is the largest, not only just in history, but it's also the largest gap in history between the Republican Party and the Democratic Party. So certainly all the energy is on our side. But I also want to say this. We hold a special responsibility as Democrats in Michigan, as Michiganders in general. Michigan looks like America. We are the most diverse battleground state in the country. And so we know what that responsibility is. And I can tell you what unites us. We as Democrats believe that every person should have access to healthcare. We as Democrats believe that we need to lower costs for families.
(32:20)
We as Democrats believe that it is time that we focus our attention not on foreign wars of choice, and that are raising gas prices for every person here and the price of groceries for every person here. We believe that it's time to focus on America first. They say it, we actually believe it. And finally, I will say to my fellow Democrats, if that is not enough, if everything that is happening in this country is not enough to unite, how about a Donald Trump super majority on the Supreme Court that goes on for not just my generation, but my kids' generation as well? We have a responsibility to come together and we will. We will unite to take this country back. I guarantee it. Thank you very much.
Moderator (33:22):
Will you take a few more questions? We can go here, guys.
Speaker 3 (33:22):
Welcome back to my Michigan Public Radio Network. The Islamophobia is going to ramp up in the general election. What is the best way to combat that? What is the plan to combat that over the next three months?
Abdul El-Sayed (33:30):
Well, so I really appreciate the question. You're right. That's the only play they got. They're going to point at me, they're going to point at my name. It's like, "Well, he's different." That's the best you got? You can't actually talk about what you want to do? My name is not raising your gas prices. My name is not taking us to war. My name is not the reason you can't afford your groceries. You know what it is? They're BS policies. So he can point to my name all he wants. But I'll also tell you this, I've been an Abdul in Michigan my whole life. This is like the best place in the world to be Abdul. You know why? Because Michiganders are, they're bighearted. They're open-minded. They're earnest and they're gritty. And Michiganders are sick and tired of BS politics coming in to divide us when there's so much more we can unite to actually guarantee if we're willing to come together around it. So if all Mike Rogers got is that his name is Abdul and my name is Mike, you're going to be surprised how many people are going to be like, "Yeah, but that's the Abdul who wants to bring down the price of my groceries and gas and stop us sending money abroad and make sure that I got healthcare. So yeah, I like that Abdul over your Mike from Florida."
Moderator (34:45):
That's right. Who else is there? CBS.
Ed O'Keefe (34:47):
Doctor, thank you. Ed O'Keefe with CBS. You talked about, you addressed Jewish voters in the state and the concerns they may have. You were asked about Islamophobia. You know that the Republicans and others will seize on one other thing, and that is things you've said in the past. One of them back in April, after the attack on the synagogue here in Michigan you gave a statement about what had happened. Among other things, this is what we seized on, you said, "Hurt people, hurt people." And is that part of your statement that has caused a lot of concern for Jewish voters? Republicans are going to seize on it. What did you mean you regret saying?
Abdul El-Sayed (35:22):
What I mean is that hurt people, hurt people. That maybe if we're serious about ending the hurt, we should stop hurting people. That's what I mean. I condemned the attack. It was a vile anti-Semitic attack. And I think it's important for us to be asking the big picture question about what's happening now. You've got a Republican Party that is morally bankrupt, that is actively hurting people. And I think if we're serious about addressing a lot of the crises as they stand, maybe stop trying to divide people from each other. Stop trying to pass policies that have us going to war instead of investing here. Stop trying to nickel-and-dime people at every turn because of the corporations you support and do favors for.
(36:02)
And so look, I stand in solidarity with my Jewish sisters and brothers. And we can condemn anti-Semitism and at the same time, we can be talking about how we bring people together. And we can be talking about everybody's pain. And I think anybody who does not want to do that is not serious about actually addressing the hurt that we see across the board. So I'm trying to unify people around the things that we need and deserve in this country. And as I said, my commitment to Jewish safety is the same as I've got a commitment to my own kids. And that's the highest commitment I can offer as a father.
Ed O'Keefe (36:33):
And when the Attorney General-
Moderator (36:34):
Thank you, Press. We're going to wrap there. Thank you.
Abdul El-Sayed (36:35):
Thank you. Thank you guys so much, I so appreciate [inaudible 00:36:51].