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El-Sayed says he is 'happy' to work with Trump on Medicare for all and other priorities

Sen.-elect Abdul El-Sayed on Sunday opened the door to potentially working with President Donald Trump to pass legislation securing nationwide affordable healthcare. In an interview with ABCs This Week, the progressive from Michigan called Trump an unserious fool but said he would be happy to sit down with the president to discuss how best to serve Michiganders. Look, I've never met the man. I am he is the president of the United States. I am the U.S. senator-elect from the state of Michigan. I am happy to meet with him like I'll meet with anyone who can advance the goals I ran on: to get money out of politics, put money in pockets, pass Medicare for All, El-Sayed said. I've said this, if he wants to pass Trump Care for All, which will guarantee health care to everyone and put his name on it like he's putting his name on everything, I'm game. Let's see if he wants to do that. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Trump was vociferous in his criticism of El-Sayed throughout the campaign season, lambasting El-Sayed for his progressive policies and repeatedly mocking his name. Trump had supported former Republican Rep. Mike Rogers in the bitter Michigan race. El-Sayed on Sunday said he is not aware of any attempts at communication from Rogers. I think he has a flight to catch to Florida, El-Sayed quipped. Though born and raised in Michigan, Rogers moved to Florida with his wife after leaving Congress in 2015. (Rogers' campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment.) Despite his apparent openness to meet with Trump, El-Sayed criticized the president for appointing Stephen Miller to be the White Houses new chief of staff evidence, El-Sayed argued, of Trumps lack of seriousness when Americans are demanding affordability and accountability. So, look, if he wants to act serious, we are happy to work alongside him to actually address these issues, he said. He is the president of the United States, but 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. This article originally appeared on Politico at https://www.politico.com/news/2026/11/08/el-sayed-work-with-trump-medicare-01155555