# Michigan Senate Candidate on Iran, Sudan and Working With Republicans

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2119895623012917722
- Source account: [@Jamal_Atamimi](https://x.com/Jamal_Atamimi)
- Source language: English
- Duration: 0:54
- Published: 2026-11-10
- Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/1hXfg57h0bHM/en/michigan-senate-candidate-on-iran-sudan-and-working-with-republicans

## Transcript

[0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/1hXfg57h0bHM/en/michigan-senate-candidate-on-iran-sudan-and-working-with-republicans) The question of how should we get to a pathway to peace?

[0:03](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/1hXfg57h0bHM/en/michigan-senate-candidate-on-iran-sudan-and-working-with-republicans?t=3) I would like us to make peace with Iran, like President Obama did.

[0:07](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/1hXfg57h0bHM/en/michigan-senate-candidate-on-iran-sudan-and-working-with-republicans?t=7) I would like us to figure out how to stop gen- subsidizing genocide and apartheid in other places.

[0:13](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/1hXfg57h0bHM/en/michigan-senate-candidate-on-iran-sudan-and-working-with-republicans?t=13) I would like us to figure out how to stop maybe making deals with countries like Saudi Arabia- Mm-hmm ... right, or the UAE, who are doing genocide in Sudan.

[0:24](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/1hXfg57h0bHM/en/michigan-senate-candidate-on-iran-sudan-and-working-with-republicans?t=24) I would like us to actually promote our values.

[0:26](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/1hXfg57h0bHM/en/michigan-senate-candidate-on-iran-sudan-and-working-with-republicans?t=26) So I would like us to get past the conversation of, like, do you condemn, do you not condemn?

[0:30](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/1hXfg57h0bHM/en/michigan-senate-candidate-on-iran-sudan-and-working-with-republicans?t=30) Can we actually objectively ask what our values are?

[0:32](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/1hXfg57h0bHM/en/michigan-senate-candidate-on-iran-sudan-and-working-with-republicans?t=32) We wanna promote democracy all over the world, right?

[0:35](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/1hXfg57h0bHM/en/michigan-senate-candidate-on-iran-sudan-and-working-with-republicans?t=35) You just said making peace with people you disagree with, so to that point, if you do win and become senator of, of Michigan, do you see a, a Republican senator who's already in place who you could see yourself working with? Yeah, for sure.

[0:47](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/1hXfg57h0bHM/en/michigan-senate-candidate-on-iran-sudan-and-working-with-republicans?t=47) I think a lot of them. I mean, we're not gonna agree on everything, but I'm not looking to make enemies.

[0:52](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/1hXfg57h0bHM/en/michigan-senate-candidate-on-iran-sudan-and-working-with-republicans?t=52) That's not my goal.