El-Sayed backs Medicare for All and abolishing ICE
Josh Landon's Eastern Market interview presses the Michigan Senate candidate on healthcare costs, immigration enforcement and reaching voters across party lines.
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Story of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 46,226 views a day, 27 times a normal first day on this channel (1,722).
Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed 1-on-1 with Josh Landon
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- 0:28El-Sayed rejects the idea that supporting healthcare access makes his platform extreme.
- 9:10Asked about reaching Black voters, he points to his public health work in Detroit.
- 17:19He supports Palestinian rights and opposes antisemitism, distinguishing Judaism from Israeli government policy.
- 20:00He opposes regime change wars, arguing that interventions have worsened conditions and cost American taxpayers.
- 20:55He argues Medicare for All would redirect existing healthcare spending from corporate profits toward patient care.
- 22:28He calls for abolishing ICE while maintaining secure borders and returning to earlier immigration enforcement frameworks.
Josh Landon starts with a ground rule: focus on your own views, without mentioning opponents. On a Detroit street outside Eastern Market, Abdul El-Sayed gets an extended opportunity to explain what he would do in the Senate, and questions about how he would deliver it.
The FOX 2 Detroit interview with Michigan's Democratic nominee has drawn about 31,000 views in 11 hours, already far beyond the station's usual first-day audience for regular videos.
Healthcare supplies one of El-Sayed's clearest answers to criticism that his positions are extreme. "You don't have to be a socialist, you don't have to be extreme to believe that people in this country deserve healthcare," he tells Landon.
Pressed later on paying for Medicare for All, he argues that existing healthcare spending should go toward patient care rather than corporate profits. He rejects the suggestion that the proposal would widen the deficit, pointing instead to foreign wars and tax cuts for the wealthy.
On immigration, El-Sayed calls for abolishing ICE while maintaining secure borders and returning to earlier immigration enforcement frameworks. He also opposes American-led regime change wars, arguing that past interventions have worsened conditions and burdened taxpayers.
The conversation stretches beyond policy financing. Landon asks about trust between Detroit businesses and local communities, outreach to Black voters, and antisemitism and Islamophobia. El-Sayed distinguishes Jewish people and Judaism from Israeli government policy. Asked about bipartisan cooperation, he says he would work with anyone to remove corporate money from politics and pass universal healthcare.
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- Channel
- FOX 2 Detroit
- Subscribers
- 505,000 ▲ 1,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 1,428,920
- Channel views, pace per day
- 219,520 (on a normal day: 202,030)
- Video published
- October 23, 2026
- Video views so far
- 30,830 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 46,226
The numbers
The interview passed FOX 2 Detroit's usual first-day audience well before a full day was over. Its comment section was also substantially busier than usual.
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Where in Detroit did Josh Landon interview El-Sayed?
FOX 2 Detroit identifies Eastern Market as the location of the interview.