GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed brought Sen. Bernie Sanders to Grand Rapids this weekend, making health care prices and the cost of living the centerpiece of a West Michigan push with Election Day close.
The pair urged the crowd to treat the Nov. 3 vote as though President Donald Trump himself were on the ballot, tying the administration to El-Sayed’s Republican opponent, former Rep. Mike Rogers. Both men backed a Medicare for All plan as their answer to high drug costs, and they blamed big money in politics for what they described as an affordability crisis.
Sanders has been with El-Sayed since the early days of the campaign; the two also shared a stage last year at Western Michigan University. El-Sayed, an epidemiologist, also went after the president’s trade fight with Canada and said he favors narrow tariffs aimed at particular industries.
The Grand Rapids stop came a day after former President Barack Obama campaigned for El-Sayed in Detroit, where Democrats are working to firm up support among Black voters. Rogers was scheduled to appear with Trump on Sunday.
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