El-Sayed Dodges Questions About Gender Transitions For Minors

Abdul El-Sayed repeatedly dodged a question about whether he would support a universal health care plan that excluded gender transition treatments for minors during a Thursday interview.

“Breaking Points” host Saagar Enjeti shared video of the exchange, in which he asked the Michigan Democrat to clarify his position on gender transitions for minors. Noting that El-Sayed — who is running for the U.S. Senate against former Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI) — has been a vocal advocate for socialized health care, Enjeti asked whether he would accept a universal health care plan that did not include gender-related hormones and surgeries for minors.

El-Sayed did not directly answer. Instead, he framed the issue as a question of individual rights and the role of government, asking, “what is government for?”

He then suggested that government restrictions on gender transition treatments for minors amounted to “tyranny.”

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“Rights are rights are rights are rights,” he said, adding, “And the question of the kind of healthcare that you can get is a choice between you and your doctor and if you’re under 18, your parents.”

He compared his position to Republican support for “right to try” laws.

Enjeti pointed out that El Sayed had not answered his question — and that multiple socialized health care systems and even some of his prospective colleagues in Congress had abandoned support for gender treatments for minors — and El Sayed dodged again. Reframing the conversation, he attempted to set Enjeti up as an antagonist who was more interested in cornering him on that specific topic than in what the people needed.

“Here’s the funny thing about this question,” he said. “You’re less concerned about whether or not people have health care and more concerned about whether or not some people are going to get health care … That’s what you’re focused on.”

Enjeti pushed back, saying that he did, in fact, “want everybody to have healthcare” — but El-Sayed continued to talk over him.

Enjeti then asked him directly whether he would serve all Michiganders or just the activist class. El-Sayed returned to his argument about the purpose of government.

“Government should be about protecting your rights and fighting for your basic needs,” he said.

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