"Do you stand with us?"
A young Iranian-American student tells Abdul El-Sayed his family was tormented at the hands of the Iranian regime. He says his cousin was hunted by the IRGC and his uncle was sentenced to death and lashed, then asks him directly: Do you stand "unequivocally against the IRGC"?
El-Sayed does not directly condemn the IRGC by name. Instead, the Michigan Democratic Senate candidate warns against U.S.-led regime change and argues that anger toward foreign governments can be used to advance "corporate interests" tied to natural resources.
He later goes further, saying regime change can become "a ploy for the interests of our corporations."
"You still haven't said it, though," the student responds. "We're dying."
See the tense exchange and what happens when the student presses him again: https://t.co/UmAwb2HpWH