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Former President Bill Clinton praises Abdul El-Sayed in resurfaced video

A 2007 University of Michigan commencement video went viral on X ahead of Election Day, showing former President Bill Clinton praising then-student valedictorian Abdul El-Sayed.

“I don’t want to embarrass your senior speaker,” Clinton began. “But I wish every person in the world who believes that we are fated to have a clash of civilizations, and cannot reach across the religious divides, could have heard you speak today.” The camera then zooms in on then-valedictorian El-Sayed, who spoke right before. “I just wish every person in the world could have heard you speak today,” Clinton said.

El-Sayed, now a Michigan Democratic Senate nominee, recalled the event on Jon Stewart's podcast The Weekly Show , El-Sayed shared how Clinton personally encouraged him to consider a career in politics.…