‘I Dare Him’: El-Sayed Is Done Playing Nice with Trump; Now He’s Coming for the President with a Golden Opportunity He Knows He Can’t Refuse

Michigan’s new Senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed isn’t wasting any time. He’s been making the rounds on Capitol Hill and talking with media outlets since his hard-fought election victory in the midterms. He’s also apparently ready to start treating President Donald Trump like the bully he is, escalating a growing war of words between himself and Trump. The Rhodes scholar and former Detroit Health Department executive director is suggesting a possible way to pass universal health care or Medicare for all and get Trump on board with it or at least force a veto. During an interview with NPR on Wednesday, El-Sayed appealed to Trump’s vanity, suggesting a bill to provide health care to all Americans could be named after the president himself. “Put his name on it,” the first Muslim ever elected to the U.S. Senate told NPR’s Leila Fadel on the video podcast “Newsmakers.” “He’ll probably pass it. I’m not above doing that. I don’t care what it’s called,” a serious El-Sayed said.

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