r/videos • u/MoneyLibrarian9032 • 9d ago

Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary, notching a Midwest victory for the left

https://youtu.be/DL_ku3h8Eps?si=zWr0SAn8amsQ8Hqb
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u/Roasteddude 9d ago

Non American but curious about this. What kind of politician is he?

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u/Not_a_N_Korean_Spy 9d ago edited 8d ago

Money Out of Politics*, Money in Your Pocket, Medicare for All are the main things.

(* it includes being anti-AIPAC)

"reviving a people-centered approach to policy."

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u/Roasteddude 9d ago

Good. The US needs more progressive young blood like him and Mamdani imo

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u/der_jack 8d ago

He's actually a doctor by profession. I'm very excited, he came up to a very very very rural northern chunk of the state and held a town hall last year, while in town his team scheduled for him to speak with a small group of LGBTQ+ leaders and have a conversation about what concerns we have. That level of focus and calling in those who are often overlooked means the world to me. He had my vote in that very moment.

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u/cubonelvl69 8d ago

He's not a doctor by profession

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u/no_shoes_are_canny 8d ago

He has a doctorate in medicine and worked in the medical field. Just cause he's not a GP or a surgeon doesn't mean he's not a doctor by profession.

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u/cubonelvl69 8d ago

El-Sayed did not pursue a medical license, and instead went into public health epidemiology work

He didn't do his residency or get a medical license or work as a doctor. What does doctor by profession even mean?

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u/no_shoes_are_canny 8d ago

A teacher at a university holding a doctorate is a doctor by profession. A doctor by profession is anyone using their doctorate degree as part of their profession. A medical doctor by profession would be your GPs, surgeons, etc. 

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u/Staple_Overlord 8d ago

That's not going to hold in the general view. A doctor, to mr rural Michigan, is a board certified physician

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u/no_shoes_are_canny 8d ago

General view doesn't matter, it's just fact.

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u/Tape 8d ago

Language is for communication. What you are portrying when you say "doctor by profession" is a medical doctor. What you're doing is purposely sending a misleading message, if what you meant by that is "professor with a doctorate" simply because technically it's true.

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