‘Who here believes in people over profit?’: Senate candidate Abdul El

University of Michigan alum Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive candidate in the Democratic primary for Michigan’s upcoming Senate election, came to the Michigan Union Thursday afternoon to hold a town hall with students.

The event was co-hosted by the University’s chapter of Students for Abdul and the College Democrats at the University of Michigan . El-Sayed, who previously served as the director of Wayne County’s Department of Health, Human and Veteran Services and co-wrote the book “Medicare for All: A Citizen’s Guide,” opened the town hall by rallying the crowd against the influence of money in politics.

“Alright, who here believes in people over profit?” El-Sayed said. “Let me hear you: Government of the people, by the people and for the people, rather than of the corpora