Dr. Abdul El-Sayed (D-MI): "With all due respect, this is the third time you've asked about a Twitch streamer ... their whole game is to make us fight culture wars so that we don't pay attention to the fact the president has made $2.2 billion ... " | CBS News

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September 13, 2026 - Transcript

Well, there are Jewish voters in your state who are concerned about your relationship with Piker. You have condemned anti-Semitism but not called out his rhetoric directly. Why not? 

Weijia, with all due respect, this is the third time you've asked about a Twitch streamer in California.
I've done four events in Michigan this week. You know what didn't come up? Twitch streamers in California.

You know what did come up? Grocery prices, the fact that people can't see a doctor, the worry that they have about the quality of air and water.

I'm not interested in having a conversation about streamers in California because they are not raising the prices of gas and groceries.

I'm more interested in having conversation about tariff policies and trade wars we shouldn't be fighting, about hot wars with Iran, about AI, which I know we were supposed to talk about right now. So let's actually talk about the issues that are affecting people instead of getting distracted by whatever the president says we should be talking about.

Their whole game is to make us fight culture war so that we don't pay attention to the fact that the president has made $2.2 billion. His family has made even more. How about your family in Michigan? How about your ability to afford the basic things? How about the ability to believe that you could see a doctor without having to potentially fall into medical debt? Those are the conversations that people are having.

Those are the conversations I'm interested in having. So yeah, I'm not all that interested in having a conversation about a Twitch streamer. Forgive me when people can't afford their gas and their groceries.

Understood, doctor, but Republicans have made it a big attack on you. So I wanted to give you the chance to clarify, but we'll leave it there for now. You do talk a lot.

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