Michigan senator-elect El-Sayed says he is open to working with Trump

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Michigan senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed said on Sunday that he is willing to work with President Donald Trump on issues he campaigned on, including health care, as The Hill, the Washington Examiner and ABC News report. ABC News reports he said Democrats would work with Trump if he “wants to act serious,” but would not partner with him on “foolishness.” El-Sayed won the midterm race against Republican Mike Rogers, the outlets report. The Washington Examiner reports that Trump had called El-Sayed a “vicious, violent jihadist” before the election. El-Sayed also criticized the war in Iran, tariffs and Medicaid cuts, ABC News says.

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El-Sayed said he is willing to work with Trump on issues he campaigned on, including health care.
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Washington Examiner
El-Sayed said he would work with Trump if the president “wants to act serious” but would not partner with him on “foolishness.”
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El-Sayed won the midterm race against Republican Mike Rogers.
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Trump called El-Sayed a “vicious, violent jihadist” ahead of the midterm elections.
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All three outlets report that El-Sayed, Michigan’s senator-elect, said he would work with Trump on issues he campaigned on, including health care. The main difference is emphasis: The Hill and the Washington Examiner lead with his openness to cooperation, while ABC News leads with his conditions and his insult toward Trump.

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ABC News puts El-Sayed’s conditions for working with Trump in its headline, and its excerpt leads with his quoted insult that the president is “an unserious fool.”
El-Sayed: Democrats will work with Trump if 'he wants to act serious'
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The Hill’s headline reports El-Sayed as open to working with Trump on affordable healthcare, with the pair trading jabs noted only in the description.
El-Sayed open to working with Trump on affordable healthcare
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The Washington Examiner headline says El-Sayed would support working with Trump on “Trumpcare for All,” a phrase taken from El-Sayed, and its excerpt adds Trump’s jihadist remark.
El Sayed would support working with the president on ‘Partisan shorthand“Trumpcare for All”A name that ties the president to a health care plan, taken from El-Sayed’s own phrasing and placed in the headline without the plan’s name being used by others.More neutral: a health care plan that covers everyoneThese are Abdul El-Sayed’s words. The outlet is reporting them.Disagree with this highlight?’
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…him.” Trump has been outspoken against el Sayed, calling him a “vicious, violent jihadist” ahead of the midterm elections.
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The Michigan senator-elect called the president "an unserious fool." Michigan Sen.-elect Abdul El-Sayed said Sunday that Democrats will work with…
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Trumpcare for AllMore neutral: a health care plan that covers everyone
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El Sayed would support working with the president on ‘Trumpcare for All’
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conditional cooperation with Trump
Trump as “an unserious fool”
war in Iran, tariffs and Medicaid

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El-Sayed: Democrats will work with Trump if 'he wants to act serious'
Michigan Senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed joins "This Week" after his historic victory against Republican Mike Rogers in the midterm election.
2 hr agoRead at ABC News (opens in a new tab)

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willingness to work with Trump
affordable healthcare
the pair trading jabs

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El-Sayed open to working with Trump on affordable healthcare
Sen.-elect Abdul El-Sayed (D-Mich.) stated he was open to working with President Trump on affordable healthcare despite the pair trading jabs while the incoming senator was on the campaign trail. “Look, I've never met the man. He is the president of the United States. …
58 min agoRead at The Hill (opens in a new tab)

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cooperation with Trump on health care
“Trumpcare for All” slogan
Trump’s attacks on El-Sayed

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Washington ExaminerRight
El Sayed would support working with the president on ‘Partisan shorthand“Trumpcare for All”A name that ties the president to a health care plan, taken from El-Sayed’s own phrasing and placed in the headline without the plan’s name being used by others.More neutral: a health care plan that covers everyoneThese are Abdul El-Sayed’s words. The outlet is reporting them.Disagree with this highlight?’
Sen.-elect Abdul el Sayed (D-MI) said he was willing to work with President Donald Trump on the issues he ran on during his campaign. “Look, I’ve never met the man; he is the president of the United States; I am the U.S. …
35 min agoRead at Washington Examiner (opens in a new tab)

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ABC News, Nov 8, 1:20 PM EST
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Michigan senator-elect El-Sayed says he is open to working with Trump

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El-Sayed: Democrats will work with Trump if 'he wants to act serious'

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