“It’s a weird thing to hang your hat on in terms of a biographical detail if you never actually practiced medicine,” one Dem operative said.
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Michigan Senate hopeful El-Sayed calls himself a ‘physician’ but has little history treating patients
“It’s a weird thing to hang your hat on in terms of a biographical detail if you never actually practiced medicine,” one Dem operative said.
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