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00:00:03HE WILL FACE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE
00:00:06MIKE ROGERS IN THE NOVEMBER 3
00:00:092026 GENERAL ELECTION, WHICH THE NONPARTISAN COOK POLITICAL
00:00:11REPORT RATES A TOSSUP.
00:00:19>> I HAVE TRAVELED ALL AROUND
00:00:20THE STATE ASKING ABOUT A BILL
00:00:23WITH PROGRESSIVES.
00:00:28WHERE ARE YOU IN TERMS OF TRYING TO CONVINCE OR TALK TO DEMOCRATS
00:00:32ABOUT HAVING MORE FROM OTHER
00:00:37DENOMINATIONS?
00:00:40SUPPLE RASKIN -- REP. RASKIN:
00:00:47PRESIDENT KENNEDY ANSWERED THAT QUESTION AND SAID ONE LEGITIMATE
00:00:49QUESTION WAS IF ANYONE EVERYONE
00:00:53RELIGIOUS FAITH COULD BE TAKING ORDERS FROM SOMEONE ELSE.
00:00:56I AM NOT TAKING ORDERS. HE SAID BEYOND THAT, WHAT
00:01:00MATTERS IS NOT MY PRIVATE FAITH
00:01:04BUT MY PUBLIC FACE.
00:01:04HE SAID CENTRAL TO THAT IS
00:01:08SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE, AND I KNOW THAT THAT IS TRUE FOR
00:01:11ABDUL AND FOR EVERYBODY IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. WE REJECT THE IDEA THAT ANY
00:01:15RELIGION SHOULD GO OVER ANY
00:01:20OTHER PUBLIC INSTITUTION. >> OTHER QUESTIONS?
00:01:28>> YOU HAVE CHALLENGED MIKE
00:01:32ROGERS AND NUMEROUS DEBATES. WE DO NOT HAVE ONE SCHEDULED.
00:01:36DO YOU THINK ONE CAN HAPPEN. SECOND, WHAT IS THE MAIN CONTRAST BETWEEN YOURSELF AND
00:01:40MIKE ROGERS THAT YOU WANT MICHIGAN VOTERS TO COME AWAY WITH? ABDUL: ANYWHERE, ANYTIME, ON ANY
00:01:43ISSUE, ANY SETTING, I AM MORE
00:01:45THAN HAPPY TO DEBATE YOU, MIKE. STOP DODGING US.
00:01:49I UNDERSTAND WHAT HE IS DOING IT.
00:01:53I WOULD IF I WERE HIM, TOO. THE CONTRAST?
00:01:58ONE OF US HAS NEVER TAKEN A DIME
00:02:02OF CORPORATE MONEY TO RUN A CAMPAIGN, SPEND THEIR CAREER REBUILDING HEALTH DEPARTMENTS,
00:02:04PUTTING NARCAN IN FITTING
00:02:07-- VENDING MACHINES ON STREETS, WORKING ON MEDICAL DEBT, HELPING PEOPLE FOR THEIR HEALTH CARE. THE OTHER ONE TO $5 MILLION IN
00:02:11CORPORATE MONEY.
00:02:16$1 MILLION ALONE FROM THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY.
00:02:20VOTED 19 TIMES TO RAISE PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICES. AND THEN THE LEGISLATION ON OPIOIDS. HAS NEVER SEEN A CORPORATE
00:02:23DOLLAR HE DID NOT WANT TO BRING INTO OUR POLITICS.
00:02:25SPENT MOST OF HIS CAREER, AND
00:02:30THE MONEY HE HAS MADE, HE HAS PROFITED OFF HIS PUBLIC
00:02:32RELATIONSHIPS WITH CORPORATIONS.
00:02:37I THINK THE CONTRAST IS PRETTY SELF-EVIDENT. I THINK DONALD TRUMP IS THE
00:02:40WORST PRESIDENT OF OUR HISTORY. MIKE ROGERS THINKS THAT DESPITE
00:02:44THE FACT HE LIED ABOUT AN ELECTION THAT SOMEHOW THIS IS A
00:02:45GREAT PRESIDENCY.
00:02:50MIKE ROGERS WANTS TO CONTINUE IN
00:02:51TRADE WAR WITH CANADA, WAR IN
00:02:56IRAN. I THINK THE TRADE WAR WITH .
00:03:00CANADA IS DUMB AND THE WORK WITH IRAN IS JUST AS DUMB. WE CANNOT BE MORE OPPOSITE.
00:03:03ONE OF US IS GOING TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ANYWHERE AND WITH ANYONE.
00:03:06THE OTHER ONE DODGES CONVERSATIONS WITH PEOPLE. >> CAN I ADD ONE THING?
00:03:10I THINK THE SENATE RACE IN MICHIGAN IS EMBLEMATIC OF THE
00:03:13POLITICAL STRUGGLE AROUND THE COUNTRY. TWO RADICALLY CONTRASTING
00:03:18VISIONS OF GOVERNMENT. THE DEMOCRATS SAY THE GOVERNMENT
00:03:21MUST BE AN INSTRUMENT FOR THE COMMON GOOD.
00:03:25IN THE WELL BEING OF ALL PEOPLE.
00:03:32REPUBLICANS SAY THAT THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE AN INSTRUMENT FOR THE PRIVATE SELF ENRICHMENT AND CORRUPTION OF THE
00:03:36GUY WHO GETS AN AND HIS FAMILY AND CORPORATIONS. AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE A VERY CLEAR CHOICE, NOT JUST IN MICHIGAN BUT ALL OVER AMERICA.
00:03:40>> OTHER QUESTIONS?
00:03:41>> I'M WITH SEMAFOR AND HAVE A
00:03:46QUESTION FOR YOU ABOUT SOME
00:03:48CRITICISM WE HAVE BEEN TAKING IN
00:03:51-- YOU HAVE BEEN TAKING IN
00:03:55RECENT DAYS CRITICAL OF YOUR
00:04:00, ASSOCIATION WITH US ON PARKER. IT WAS SENT TODAY THAT YOU'RE PERHAPS MAKING EXCUSES FOR DOMESTIC TERRORISM.
00:04:04ARE YOU GOING TO SPEAK TO THESE FOLKS?
00:04:08HOW DO YOU RESPOND? ABDUL: I HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH FOLKS ACROSS MY PARTY AND
00:04:11ELSEWHERE. I THINK THE QUESTION RIGHT NOW
00:04:13IS HOW WE GET TOGETHER, IF FOLKS
00:04:16ARE SERIOUS ABOUT TRUMP BEING
00:04:18THE EXISTENTIAL THREAT THAT I
00:04:20KNOW HE IS, THEN IT IS CRITICAL
00:04:22FOR ALL OF US TO COME TOGETHER
00:04:26TO BEAT HIS CHOSEN MIKEY HERE IN
00:04:27MICHIGAN.
00:04:32-- HIS CHOSEN LACKEY HERE IN MICHIGAN. THERE IS A NARRATIVE THAT HE IS
00:04:36TRYING TO PUSH IT SOMEHOW, THERE
00:04:37IS NO JUSTIFICATION FOR THAT.
00:04:41NO EVIDENCE FOR THAT. THERE ARE PEOPLE STILL NURSING WOUNDS OR GRIEVANCES FROM THE
00:04:44PRIMARY. I GET IT.
00:04:48LOSING IS HARD. I HAVE LOST BEFORE. I HOPE THEY WILL TAKE THEIR NOTES FROM CONGRESSMAN STEVENS,
00:04:52WHO WAS ABLE TO TAKE IT VERY HOT
00:04:53-- HARD-FOUGHT RACE AND FOCUS ON
00:04:56OUR SHARED GOAL, WHICH IS
00:05:02DEFEATING MIKE ROGERS IN NOVEMBER AND STANDING UP TO TRUMP OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS AFTER THAT.
00:05:06AND PASSING LEGISLATION THAT WILL EMPOWER AND SUPPORT THE
00:05:08AMERICAN PUBLIC, RATHER THAN CONTINUE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO
00:05:12ALLOT -- FIGURE OUT WHO TO TEAR
00:05:17-- ALLOW THEM TO PROFITEER OFF THE REST OF US. >> REPRESENTATIVE RASKIN, A LOT
00:05:21OF JEWISH DEMOCRATS AND LIBERALS LOOK UP TO YOU.
00:05:24A LOT ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT
00:05:26SOME OF WHAT ABDUL EL-SAYED HAS BEEN SAYING.
00:05:29WHAT IS YOUR PITCH TO THEM TO GET BEHIND THIS CANDIDATE TODAY?
00:05:31ABDUL, REGARDING POST COMMENTS,
00:05:36DOES IT SIGNAL A SHIFT IN TERMS OF HOW YOU LOOK AT YOUR
00:05:38RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM?
00:05:43REP. RASKIN: ONE POINT IS ABOUT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND THE
00:05:46NATURE OF THE SELECTION. -- THIS ELECTION.
00:05:50THOSE OF US WHO HAVE BEEN FIGHTING DONALD TRUMP IN HIS
00:05:53AUTHORITARIANISM AND CORRUPTION
00:05:54AND VIOLENCE AGAINST AMERICAN
00:05:58CITIZENS AND IMMIGRANTS FOR 10
00:06:01YEARS NOW UNDERSTAND THAT THIS
00:06:06IS AN ESSENTIAL REFERENDUM ABOUT
00:06:07THE FUTURE WHERE WE HAVE DEMOCRACY OR AUTOCRACY.
00:06:12IT IS OUR CHANCE TO CUT THIS
00:06:14RAIN OF LAWLESSNESS AND TERROR AND HALF IN THE SELECTION.
00:06:18THAT IS THE OVERARCHING QUESTION HERE. I HAVE BEEN CAMPAIGNING FOR
00:06:21DEMOCRATS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY,
00:06:23AND I WAS UP YESTERDAY IN THE
00:06:26FIRST DISTRICT HERE AND I WAS IN
00:06:32THE FOURTH DISTRICT, AND COLORADO BEFORE THAT, NEW MEXICO
00:06:36BEFORE THAT. THE LAST TIME I WAS CAMPAIGNING
00:06:39FOR A U.S. SENATE CANDIDATE IN MICHIGAN WAS FOR ELISSA SLOTKIN.
00:06:43SO I KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO HAVE
00:06:45A POLITICAL PARTY, ESPECIALLY
00:06:49THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
00:06:52FDR CALLED IT THE DEMOCRACY,
00:06:54ECONOMIC LOYALISTS AND PLUTOCRATS INVEST WITH THE
00:06:57WEALTHIEST PEOPLE IN AMERICA, BUT DEMOCRACY SAYS INVESTMENT IN
00:07:00THE GREAT AMERICAN WORKING WORLD CLASS.
00:07:03THAT IS WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW, THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS A VERY
00:07:07BIG TENT BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN IT AND THEY ARE
00:07:10JUST LIKE YOU.
00:07:14IN A BIG FAMILY THANKSGIVING DINNER, THERE WILL BE ARGUMENTS
00:07:17AND PEOPLE JOSTLING.
00:07:21FUNDAMENTALLY, WE ALL BELIEVE IN
00:07:22DEMOCRACY AND FREEDOM AND THE PROGRESS AND PROSPERITY OF OUR
00:07:26PEOPLE. AND I HAVE BEEN VERY IMPRESSED
00:07:30BY ABDUL'S EXTRAORDINARY CAREER
00:07:34AS A PUBLIC HEALTH SERVANT. THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED.
00:07:37THIS IS GOING TO BE THE NEXT BIG
00:07:39JUMP FORWARD FOR AMERICA, MAKING
00:07:43PROGRESS FOR OUR PEOPLE. WE NEED A SYSTEM WHERE EVERYBODY
00:07:47GETS HEALTH CARE AND HEALTH CARE IS MUCH MORE AFFORDABLE AND WE
00:07:50ARE NOT CONSTANTLY IN CRISIS ABOUT IT.
00:07:53REPUBLICANS CUT MILLIONS OF
00:07:55PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR HEALTH CARE
00:07:57WITH MEDICAID CUTS AND DRAMATIC
00:08:03REDUCTION OF THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT TAX CREDITS.
00:08:07WE WANT TO MOVE IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.
00:08:09I SEE HIM AS A HUGE LEADER, AS THE LEADER, FOR NATIONAL HEALTH
00:08:14CARE IN THE U.S. SENATE.
00:08:18ABDUL: I APPRECIATE THAT.
00:08:21I AM GRATEFUL TO MY COLLEAGUES, FOLKS I HAVE LOOKED UP TO FOR A
00:08:23VERY LONG TIME.
00:08:29ALL OVER THE STATE,
00:08:34RESOUNDINGLY, EVERYWHERE I WENT,
00:08:41IT IS HARD FOR THE PEOPLE.
00:08:42HARD FOR GROCERIES, PAYING RENT, AFFORDING HOMES, SEEING A DOCTOR.
00:08:47FOR A LOT OF US WHO HAVE BEEN
00:08:51WATCHING POLITICS OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS -- FRANKLY, BEFORE
00:08:54THAT, THERE IS ALWAYS THIS QUESTION ABOUT HOW OR WHY ARE
00:08:57PEOPLE SO ANGRY?
00:09:01I THINK IT IS BECAUSE TOO OFTEN
00:09:02WE HEAR ABOUT POLITICS.
00:09:06HASSAN PIKER IS A STREAMER IN
00:09:10CALIFORNIA. YOU WOULD THINK IF YOU TURN ON ANY MEDIA THAT THIS WHOLE
00:09:14CAMPAIGN IS ABOUT A STREAMER IN CALIFORNIA.
00:09:17THAT IS NOT WHEN IT IS ABOUT. THIS CAMPAIGN HAS ALWAYS BEEN
00:09:21ABOUT THE ABILITY TO AFFORD YOUR GROCERIES IN MICHIGAN, GO TO
00:09:25SCHOOLS IN MICHIGAN, SEE A DOCTOR IN MICHIGAN. THOSE ARE THE QUESTIONS I'M
00:09:29INTERESTED IN. THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING.
00:09:34I AM LESS INTERESTED IN GOING TO
00:09:39THE TABLOID VERSION OF OUR
00:09:42POLITICS WHERE IT IS WHO IS IN, WHO IS OUT, WHO WAS TALKING TO WHO.
00:09:46I AM MORE INTERESTED IN TALKING TO PEOPLE IN THE STATE.
00:09:49THEY HAVE A BUM DEAL BECAUSE OF DONALD TRUMP AND MIKE ROGERS.
00:09:54THE CONTRAST CANNOT BE MORE CLEAR.
00:09:56IF YOU HAVE A GUY RIGHT NOW WHO PUTS A RUBBER STAMP ON
00:10:00EVERYTHING DONALD TRUMP DOES, NOT BECAUSE HE THINKS DONALD
00:10:04TRUMP IS A SMART GUY BUT BECAUSE HE IS AFRAID OF DONALD TRUMP'S
00:10:07POWER. WE WANT A SENATOR WHO IS AFRAID
00:10:10OF THE POWER --
00:10:15>> THANK YOU, PRESS. APPRECIATE IT.
00:10:18IF WE COULD HAVE FOLKS CLEAR
00:10:21THIS SPACE, PLEASE.
00:10:23>> WE HAVE MORE CAMPAIGN 2026
00:10:25COVERAGE COMING UP FROM IOWA, WHERE REPUBLICAN CONGRESSWOMAN
00:10:29ASHLEY HINSON WHO IS RUNNING FOR U.S. SENATE WILL BE JOINED BY
00:10:34TEXAS REPUBLICAN SENATOR TED CRUZ, A CAMPAIGN EVENT IN CLIVE, IOWA. WE WILL TAKE YOU THERE LIVE WHEN
00:10:39HE GETS UNDER WAY, HERE ON C-SPAN.
00:10:44>> THE ROAD TO THE CAPITOL RUNS THROUGH AMERICA'S BATTLEGROUND
00:10:48STATES, AND C-SPAN IS THERE. OUR CAMERAS ARE ON THE GROUND
00:10:52FOLLOWING THE CAMPAIGNS WERE THE TOUGHEST RACES WILL DECIDE THE
00:10:54BALANCE OF POWER IN CONGRESS. WE ARE THE ONLY NATIONAL
00:10:58TELEVISION NETWORK PROVIDING THIS LEVEL OF UNFILTERED ACCESS
00:11:01TO THE CANDIDATES, THEIR VOTERS,
00:11:05AND THE ISSUES SHAPING CAMPAIGN 2026.
00:11:08NO COMMENTATORS TELLING YOU WHAT YOU THINK, NO PARTISAN SPIN.
00:11:11THE ROAD TO THE CAPITOL, ONLY ON C-SPAN.
00:11:15>> IN MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE,
00:11:19CONGRESSMAN CHRIS PAPPAS JOINED RHODE ISLAND SENATOR SHELDON WHITEHOUSE FOR A ROUNDTABLE ON CAMPAIGN FINANCE.
00:11:23THIS BOOK WITH COMMUNITY LEADERS
00:11:26ABOUT THE POWER OF CORPORATIONS
00:11:28AND ELECTIONS, THE CITIZENS UNITED VERSUS FEC SUPREME COURT
00:11:31CASE AND POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEES.
00:11:39NO97 EVEN TER
00:11:44YO A A BABY.OTQUIT
00:11:52>> GUYS, THANKS FOR JOINING.
00:11:55ONE OF THE MAJOR ISSUES W