# Abdul El-Sayed Challenges Sky News Journalist Over Michigan Election Coverage - Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2117766605572645068 - Source account: [@SkyNews](https://x.com/SkyNews) - Source language: English - Duration: 1:27 - Published: 2026-11-04 - Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/70eGQuxsoMPS/en/abdul-el-sayed-challenges-sky-news-journalist-over-michigan-election-coverage ## Transcript [0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/70eGQuxsoMPS/en/abdul-el-sayed-challenges-sky-news-journalist-over-michigan-election-coverage) Are you registered to vote? Abdul. Are you registered to vote in the state of Michigan? [0:02](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/70eGQuxsoMPS/en/abdul-el-sayed-challenges-sky-news-journalist-over-michigan-election-coverage?t=2) I, I, I- Are you registered to vote? I'm not. I'm registered to vote in the UK. [0:04](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/70eGQuxsoMPS/en/abdul-el-sayed-challenges-sky-news-journalist-over-michigan-election-coverage?t=4) So why would I care to have a conversation with you? [0:05](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/70eGQuxsoMPS/en/abdul-el-sayed-challenges-sky-news-journalist-over-michigan-election-coverage?t=5) Abdul. Just explain to me, why would I care to have a conversation with you? [0:08](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/70eGQuxsoMPS/en/abdul-el-sayed-challenges-sky-news-journalist-over-michigan-election-coverage?t=8) I'm a journalist. I'm a journalist. You're, you're a journalist in, in the UK. [0:10](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/70eGQuxsoMPS/en/abdul-el-sayed-challenges-sky-news-journalist-over-michigan-election-coverage?t=10) You know how many votes I want to get in the UK? [0:11](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/70eGQuxsoMPS/en/abdul-el-sayed-challenges-sky-news-journalist-over-michigan-election-coverage?t=11) This, this, this election- Zero. This- I am never running for office in the UK ... but this election matters- So I actually do not care- This election matters to the world ... what you think or the questions you ask- You're, you're, you're- ... because you literally- ... you're bidding to be a senator in- You're, you're, you're a li- a [0:22](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/70eGQuxsoMPS/en/abdul-el-sayed-challenges-sky-news-journalist-over-michigan-election-coverage?t=22) senator in where? What country? What country? [0:23](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/70eGQuxsoMPS/en/abdul-el-sayed-challenges-sky-news-journalist-over-michigan-election-coverage?t=23) Uh, in, in the United States. Yes, and what, what country are you in? [0:25](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/70eGQuxsoMPS/en/abdul-el-sayed-challenges-sky-news-journalist-over-michigan-election-coverage?t=25) The leader, the leader, the leader of the free world. [0:26](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/70eGQuxsoMPS/en/abdul-el-sayed-challenges-sky-news-journalist-over-michigan-election-coverage?t=26) What country are you in? What country are you in? [0:27](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/70eGQuxsoMPS/en/abdul-el-sayed-challenges-sky-news-journalist-over-michigan-election-coverage?t=27) I, I, I'm based in the United States. Yes. [0:28](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/70eGQuxsoMPS/en/abdul-el-sayed-challenges-sky-news-journalist-over-michigan-election-coverage?t=28) And I report- But, but, but you report for where? Where are your viewers? [0:29](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/70eGQuxsoMPS/en/abdul-el-sayed-challenges-sky-news-journalist-over-michigan-election-coverage?t=29) But, but, but you report for where? Where are your viewers? [0:29](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/70eGQuxsoMPS/en/abdul-el-sayed-challenges-sky-news-journalist-over-michigan-election-coverage?t=29) But, but, but you report for where? Where are your viewers? [0:31](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/70eGQuxsoMPS/en/abdul-el-sayed-challenges-sky-news-journalist-over-michigan-election-coverage?t=31) Abdul, I, uh- Where are your viewers? They're international. [0:33](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/70eGQuxsoMPS/en/abdul-el-sayed-challenges-sky-news-journalist-over-michigan-election-coverage?t=33) Do you not... No, no, no. They are international. [0:34](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/70eGQuxsoMPS/en/abdul-el-sayed-challenges-sky-news-journalist-over-michigan-election-coverage?t=34) Where are your viewers? Sky News is not, is not viewed in the United States of America. [0:37](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/70eGQuxsoMPS/en/abdul-el-sayed-challenges-sky-news-journalist-over-michigan-election-coverage?t=37) They are inter- yeah. It is. It's only viewed in the UK. [0:38](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/70eGQuxsoMPS/en/abdul-el-sayed-challenges-sky-news-journalist-over-michigan-election-coverage?t=38) It is. Like five people watch it in America. [0:39](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/70eGQuxsoMPS/en/abdul-el-sayed-challenges-sky-news-journalist-over-michigan-election-coverage?t=39) We have an international audience. So I'm just gonna tell you, I'm gonna tell you. [0:41](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/70eGQuxsoMPS/en/abdul-el-sayed-challenges-sky-news-journalist-over-michigan-election-coverage?t=41) Abdul- Listen, listen ... is your election not relevant- I've answered all the questions ... is it not relevant to the UK? [0:44](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/70eGQuxsoMPS/en/abdul-el-sayed-challenges-sky-news-journalist-over-michigan-election-coverage?t=44) I've answered all the questions that I care to answer- Is your election not relevant to the rest of the world? [0:47](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/70eGQuxsoMPS/en/abdul-el-sayed-challenges-sky-news-journalist-over-michigan-election-coverage?t=47) ... for viewers in the United Kingdom. Is it not relevant to the rest of the world, Abdul? [0:49](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/70eGQuxsoMPS/en/abdul-el-sayed-challenges-sky-news-journalist-over-michigan-election-coverage?t=49) So I'm gonna ask you to stop chasing me around, please. Thank you. [0:51](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/70eGQuxsoMPS/en/abdul-el-sayed-challenges-sky-news-journalist-over-michigan-election-coverage?t=51) Abdul, I'm not chasing you around. Thank you. [0:52](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/70eGQuxsoMPS/en/abdul-el-sayed-challenges-sky-news-journalist-over-michigan-election-coverage?t=52) I'm asking you questions. All right. It's been a stressful political contest here in Michigan. [0:57](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/70eGQuxsoMPS/en/abdul-el-sayed-challenges-sky-news-journalist-over-michigan-election-coverage?t=57) Abdul El-Sayed, if he gets to Capitol Hill, he wants to serve on the Foreign Affairs Committee. [1:04](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/70eGQuxsoMPS/en/abdul-el-sayed-challenges-sky-news-journalist-over-michigan-election-coverage?t=64) His responsibilities as a senator will extend far beyond the borders of the United States. [1:10](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/70eGQuxsoMPS/en/abdul-el-sayed-challenges-sky-news-journalist-over-michigan-election-coverage?t=70) There are consequences for the rest of the world in terms of what happens here, who gets elected, and who has power. [1:18](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/70eGQuxsoMPS/en/abdul-el-sayed-challenges-sky-news-journalist-over-michigan-election-coverage?t=78) It won't be the last time that Abdul El-Sayed, should he be elected, is asked questions by international media