VERIFIED QUOTE · reported 2026-09-05
“I’d rather think of myself as a capitalist who has actually read about capitalism,”
Abdul El-Sayed · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-05
El-Sayed made the remark in a CBS News interview days before winning the Michigan Democratic Senate primary.
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