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Abdul El-Sayed says Democrats will work with Trump if 'he wants to act serious' (abcnews.com)

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Michigan Sen.-elect Abdul El-Sayed said Sunday that Democrats will work with Donald Trump to help the American people if "he wants to act serious," but if the president instead chooses "foolishness," the incoming senator said he will not find a willing partner in Congress.

"Let's talk about how he is an unserious fool. Think about this war in Iran that every single president had resisted fighting because, of course, it was a dumb idea," El-Sayed told ABC "This Week" in an exclusive interview. "Let's talk about the foolishness of a tariff war with Canada. ... Let's talk about the foolishness of gutting Medicaid to pass tax cuts for the richest people in America."

"So look, if he wants to act serious, we are happy to work alongside him to actually address these issues," El-Sayed continued. "He is the president of the United States. But if he wants to continue to fool, he will hire people like Stephen Miller to run the White House, and he gets to choose where he goes next."

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[-] QueenHawlSera@piefed.social 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Please stop trying to work with people who want to kill you.

[-] kestrel7_7@lemmy.world 12 points 21 hours ago

Since we all know Trump is never, ever, ever going to act serious, not even for a moment, I feel like Abdul el-Sayed saying "Democrats will work with Trump if 'he wants to act serious'" is pretty much the same as Abdul el-Sayed saying "Democrats will not work with Trump."

[-] Bluewing@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago

Politics makes for strange bedfellows at times. And honestly IF all those newly elected liberals want to actually accomplish anything, they do need to manipulate Trump into to signing laws. Otherwise he just vetos everything.

The Democrats do not control enough votes to consistently override and ignore a veto.

[-] bantering@lemmy.zip -2 points 22 hours ago

The democrat senate leader said several times in several different ways that his first and most important mission is to help Israel.

The democrats are controlled opposition and they are going to have a reckoning now that real life Americans are getting into power.

Keep giving these corporate Israeli dogs excuses at your own peril.

[-] QueenHawlSera@piefed.social 1 points 7 hours ago

Any American Politician who puts Israel before America should be arrested for treason

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 6 points 20 hours ago

while i agree in principal, choosing who you work with is a luxury

[-] QueenHawlSera@piefed.social 2 points 7 hours ago

The Republicans never work with Democrats, they actively work against them, time to return the favor

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