If Abdul El-Sayed was serious about getting money out of politics, he would publicly demand the dissolution of the super PAC that is funded by his father-in-law and currently supporting him with a “multimillion-dollar independent expenditure campaign”.
“Abdul El-Sayed says one thing and does another. If he was serious about getting money out of politics, he would tell his father-in-law’s super PAC to stop propping him up,” said NRSC Regional Press Secretary Samantha Cantrell.
As reported by WLNS 6 News:
Federal records show the super PAC backing El-Sayed has drawn most of its early itemized money from just two donors. Of about $468,000 in itemized contributions, the Fighting for Michigan PAC reported to the Federal Election Commission, roughly $450,000 came from two people: Mansoor Ahmed, an Illinois physician, who gave $250,000, and Jukaku Tayeb, a Michigan nephrologist and El-Sayed’s father-in-law, who gave $200,000 in two installments.
The contributions are legal — super PACs may accept unlimited amounts from individuals, including a candidate’s relatives — but they stand in tension with El-Sayed’s central campaign message, which casts him as an outsider running against the influence of wealthy donors and corporate money…
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