Abdul El-Sayed Responds to Death Threats at RNC

Abdul: “I hope that everybody who heard that is going to call it out for what it is, a call to violence that ought to be condemned across the board.”

MICHIGAN –  Tonight on CNN’s The Source with Kaitlan Collins, Dr. Abdul El-Sayed addressed death threats lobbed at him and other Democratic candidates during Sen. Ted Cruz’s inflammatory remarks:

“I’m a dad with two daughters, and I hope those daughters get to grow up and, and live with their dad. This is what has become the norm in our politics. I mean, literally calls to violence and the inability for anybody to actually call it out. 

“Democracy is supposed to be the process by which we solve our problems peacefully. We can learn to disagree agreeably. And when you hear that kind of call to violence, it should be shuddering to all of us. We have a responsibility to lower the temperature, to realize that this is not a bloodsport, where you’re just trying to bash the other guy. This is about actually solving problems that real people face. 

“The reason I got into politics is not because I wanted to beat Republicans. I got into politics because I wanted to heal people. And I realized that our health care system was failing to do that – more interested in billing than healing. And so I hope that everybody who heard that is going to call it out for what it is, a call to violence that ought to be condemned across the board. 

“And that we can actually turn our politics back into a conversation about what really matters: the ability to live a dignified life, get the things that you need and deserve in your life, and recognize that our democracy, so long as we’re willing to dignify it and uphold it, is the best means we have to solve the challenges that we face together.”

Watch Abdul’s response here.

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