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Trump keeps giving Abdul El-Sayed new names.

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At a campaign rally in Pontiac, Michigan, Abdul El-Sayed blames the war in Iran for the price of gas and groceries, says the fight with Canada is raising the price of everything else, and says the "big ugly bill" is stripping away healthcare. Then he turns to Donald Trump's habit of giving him "a new name every night," saying what he cares about is the word Trump has to say with it.

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Who
Abdul El-Sayed
Where
rally - Abdul El-Sayed campaign rally, Pontiac, Michigan
Original footage
Forbes Breaking News · watch the full video from this moment
Length
50 seconds, unedited within the cut
Plays
4 on Instagram
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It is their policies that are doing that. It is their ugly, ridiculous, unfounded, illegal war in Iran that is raising the price of your gas and your groceries. It is their terror war with Canada that is raising the price of everything else. It's their big ugly bill that is stripping away our healthcare. But they don't want to talk about it anymore. No, Donald Trump seems to want to give me a new name every night. Donald Trump. Abdul. Muhammad Ramadan. Honestly, I don't really care if he doesn't figure out how to say my name. I care that he has to say it with the word... SAAAM!

Machine transcript of the clip's audio; names are checked, small words may differ.

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