00:00And one big takeaway of midterm victory of the Democrats was Abdul Al-Sayed.
00:08He has created history as America's first Muslim senator and his journey goes beyond a Senate victory.
00:16He's a physician, a public health leader and son of Egyptian immigrants
00:21and he has now broken a historic barrier in American politics.
00:25During his campaign, Abdul Al-Sayed challenged the political establishment,
00:30put health care and the cost of living at the center of the debate
00:34and faced a barrage of attacks over his identity and political positions.
00:39Why does Abdul Al-Sayed's victory matter far beyond Michigan?
00:44Here's a report.
00:48Abdul! Abdul! Abdul! Abdul! Abdul! Abdul! Abdul!
00:54There is a man from Michigan.
00:56Who knows how great we once were and how great we can be again.
01:00Abdul Al-Sayed grew up as Michigan as you get.
01:05A campaign that began with just four staffers has ended in a victory
01:09that breaks a 250-year barrier in American politics.
01:12He believes that we can change this world.
01:14He rebuilt the health department after the politicians wore it down.
01:17He got rid of millions of dollars for medical money.
01:20Abdul Al-Sayed is heading to the U.S. Senate,
01:22becoming the first Muslim ever elected to the chamber.
01:28The 42-year-old physician and former Detroit public health director
01:32defeated Republican Mike Rogers in Michigan.
01:36But today, tonight, we can turn that inshaAllah into a...
01:40Alhamdulillah!
01:44After victory, Al-Sayed celebrated the delicious irony of U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance
01:50having to swear him in after a campaign bid to portray him as a religious extremist.
01:56Listen to the man talk, and it's clear.
01:59Abdul doesn't love this community, Democrat or Republican.
02:03He doesn't love the people who live here.
02:05He hates the history of the United States of America.
02:09He calls our nation irredeemably racist.
02:13He calls the United States of America genocidal.
02:16And he hates the people who built it.
02:19J.D.
02:20J.D.
02:21J.D.
02:22J.D.
02:24J.D.
02:25J.D.
02:27There is this delicious irony in the fact that you're constitutionally obligated to swear
02:34me in in January. Born to Egyptian immigrant parents, Al-Said built his campaign around
02:45issues hitting close to home for millions of Americans.
02:53Rising living costs, universal health care and corporate influence in politics. Abdul
03:00Al-Said's victory is more than a personal milestone. It marks a breakthrough for Muslim
03:05American representation and puts a progressive voice in the Senate.
03:09It feels very reminiscent when Barack Obama won, you know, the sense in the streets and in the
03:16homes is very much like, wow, there is hope again. There's hope for, you know, a brighter day, a better
03:22tomorrow, a more diverse and unified United States, one that's not geared in identity politics, you
03:29know. Abdul Al-Said now takes a seat at a table where no Muslim American has sat before.
03:37Bureau Report, India Today.
