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“In that sense, the main impact of electing El-Sayed would be adding to that chorus another, younger version of Sanders—somebody who would push the whole caucus in the direction of expanding health care access, and who could inherit the Medicare for All movement whenever Sanders, now 84, decides to hang up his democratic socialist spurs.”

The Bulwark · Policy · August 2026

Context

From Jonathan Cohn's Bulwark newsletter, published before Michigan's August Democratic Senate primary, assessing what Abdul El-Sayed would be like as a senator compared with primary rival Haley Stevens.

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