El-Sayed’s scathing Obama critique resurfaces ahead of joint campaign rally

Abdul El-Sayed once accused President Barack Obama of failing to deliver on the progressive campaign promises that he outlined in the 2008 presidential campaign, calling his election to a second term a kind of compromise for progressives.

"I realize that I have little hope because there has been less change," El-Sayed wrote in a 2012 op-ed for HuffPost.

"But I have to say now what I’ve been holding in throughout his campaign and what I think all of us have to admit: Obama was not the right choice ...