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Democrat Abdul El-Sayed addressed supporters on Wednesday (Nov 4) as results showed him winning Michigan's Senate race.

If the result holds, the Democrat would become the first Muslim ever elected to the U.S. Senate.

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00:12Money out of?
00:14Money!
00:15Money in York?
00:15Money!
00:17Medicare for?
00:17All!
00:18Michigan, we did it!
00:33My name is Abdurrahman Muhammad Al Sayyid.
00:43And I am so proud and honored to stand here as your Senator-elect from the great state
00:50of Michigan.
00:59You took a chance on the unlikeliest of candidates, so thank you.
01:05This is all yours.
01:12Michigan, I cannot wait to serve you with the same big-heartedness, open-mindedness, grit,
01:17and earnestness that you've shown me.
01:19They might have been pointing to my name and my faith, but we all know that my name
01:23and my faith aren't the reason you can't afford your gas.
01:26Not the reason you can't afford your groceries.
01:29Not the reason you can't see a doctor.
01:32We built a movement, government of the people, by the people, and for the people.
01:38We showed that in a battle between the money and the many, that the many really can win.
01:47They try to call you hateful if you believe that Palestinian kids should get to grow up in the land
01:54of their forefathers without being murdered by our tax dollars.
02:01If you believe in equal rights to peace, dignity, and self-determination, that's not hate, it's love.
02:09Michiganders, we want our taxes spent here for schools here and healthcare here and infrastructure here.
02:16We don't want our money sent to do apartheid or genocide or war.
02:23So Mike, enjoy your retirement.
02:28I know you got a house in Florida and two yachts.
02:33See, you chose hate and Michigan chose hope.
02:40So Michigan, let's go build it. Thank you so much.
03:01Go ahead.
03:01Go, Diopleto.
03:02There's a house in God.
03:02How do you believe in God?
03:02I paint you so.
03:02I lug you through the meter that way in the house.
03:02You see, I прогu d'm up and without a false object

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