At a town hall in Midland, Michigan, Abdul El-Sayed says opponents' spending against him grew from an expected $20 million to $70 million, which he calls a record against a candidate in a statewide primary. "They might as well have set their money on fire," he says, "because we beat them anyway."
The receipt
- Who
- Abdul El-Sayed
- Where
- rally - town hall in Midland, Michigan
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- Length
- 49 seconds, unedited within the cut
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Read the transcript
And look, we knew in the primary we were going to get outspent. And I remember kicking off this campaign, we're like, they're going to spend $20 million to beat me. 20 turned into 40, turned into $70 million. They set a record for the amount of money spent against a candidate in a statewide primary anywhere. They outspent us 11 to 1. And they might as well have set their money on fire because we beat them anyway. Because if you've got to choose between their money or a message and the many pick a message and the many and that's what we built this campaign to do to come together around a set of ideals that
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