MARQUETTE, MI— It shouldn’t be so hard to make a living right now.
That’s the message Dr. Abdul El-Sayed brought to a rally in Marquette Thursday night. More than 1,400 people filled Vandament Arena at NMU to hear the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate talk about topics like the affordability of groceries, gas, and healthcare.
New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez campaigned with El-Sayed. She said his background as a doctor would change the healthcare landscape.
“If Michigan elects a doctor in response to the largest Republican cut to healthcare to the country, we will change the future of America.”
El-Sayed said his opponent, Republican Mike Rogers, is trying to scare people by saying his name and faith are different. Rogers also claims El-Sayed’s mother had ties to Islamic terrorists. El-Sayed said he wants to be judged on his own merits.
“Judge me by my actions and my work, but please do not assume that because I might pray differently than anybody’s who’s ever held this office that somehow I am not deeply committed to this Constitution. I know exactly what the Constitution means to me and what it guarantees me. It’s exactly the same thing they’re trying to take away.”
El-Sayed also rallied in Escanaba and Iron Mountain.
Rogers rallied with Vice President J.D. Vance in downstate Monroe.
