“This is amazing: Heckler: “I voted for Biden. I like you, but I can't vote for you. The problem is, his book says something different than my book.”
The crowd booed. Security started to approach the man. But Abdul El Sayed stopped him.
Abdul El Sayed: “Let him stay. Let him stay."
The guards backed off. He paused.
"Sir, I'm grateful that you're here." He paused, and said, "I’m just gonna tell you this.”
El Sayed: “The book that matters for all of us is the U.S. Constitution.”
The crowd erupted in applause.
The heckler uncrossed his arms. He actually applauded along with the crowd. He nodded and pointed at El Sayed.
El Sayed: “I want to say thank you, my friend. I just want to tell you, when it comes right down to it, at the end of the day, I’m gonna swear an oath to that U.S. Constitution. Because of the U.S. Constitution, you have the right to live according to your own book.”
Crowd shouted, "Yeah."
El Sayed: “And also, because of the U.S. Constitution, you don’t get to enforce that law on anyone else.”
The crowd cheered for 14 straight seconds.
The heckler stood there, absorbing it all. He sat down.
That is how you bring Michigan – and all Americans – together.”
We can no longer tolerate a rigged economy that has enabled one man to become a trillionaire while the U.S. minimum wage has been stuck at $7.25/hour for 17 years.
When Democrats regain control of Congress we must raise the minimum wage to at least $20 an hour.
No more excuses.
Meta is reportedly calling its massive data centers "experimental" to claim a research tax credit.
Try telling the IRS your kitchen renovation was a science project. Or your new car was a lab experiment.
That's a rigged tax code.
If you want to open a sandwich shop, food inspectors must first determine that it’s safe.
If you’re a Big Tech Oligarch who builds an AI product that could threaten the human race? That product won’t be subject to 1 safety regulation.
That’s insane. We must regulate AI — NOW!
Billionaires pay the same amount into Social Security as someone making $184,500.
If we ended that absurdity & applied the payroll tax to all income above $250,000, Social Security would be solvent for 75 years & benefits would be expanded by $2,400.
Let’s do it.
Elon Musk spent $290 million to elect Trump. It paid off.
Since his election, Musk got $696 billion richer & became the world’s 1st trillionaire.
But that’s not enough.
Now, Musk is spending $366 million to keep Republicans in control of Congress.
STOP MUSK. STOP OLIGARCHY.
I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation.
I will not be silenced.
Up until 10 years ago, such brazen racism would have ended the career of even the most rightwing politician.
Today you can be president. We are in a very dark place as a country.
As of today, one man, billionaire Trump ally David Ellison, controls:
CBS
CNN
HBO
Discovery Channel
BET
Fandango
MTV
Nickelodeon
Paramount+
PlutoTV
Showtime
TBS
The CW
TNT
Warner Bros.
& more
Call it what it is: oligarchy.