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This is America Dissected.

I'm your host, Dr. Abdul Al-Sahed.

You all know my style by now.

I try to keep it classy, stick to the evidence, and stay above the drama.

But not today.

Today, I'm about to get real petty.

Because if there's one person that pisses me off in my core, like in the thickest part

of my left ventricle of my heart, it's Mehmed As.

On paper, I should like to do it.

He's a Muslim doctor running for public office after all.

He even claims to be both from the Middle East and the Midwest.

But honestly, all of those things are why I love what he represents.

Let me start with the first time Oz went to the Senate.

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