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During a town hall in Michigan, Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed faced a question from an attendee asking if he would disavow the Muslim Brotherhood. El-Sayed pushed back against the implications of the question, leading to a viral exchange and subsequent media attention. CBS correspondent Jan Crawford later apologized and deleted a social media post praising the individual who asked the question.
Reports across the spectrum agree that Abdul El-Sayed was asked about the Muslim Brotherhood at a town hall event in Michigan and that the exchange drew widespread attention.
Left-leaning outlets like Mother Jones and HuffPost frame the question as bigoted and praise El-Sayed for shutting down a gotcha attempt, while noting Jan Crawford's apology. Center outlets like NewsNation and The Hill provide more neutral accounts focusing on El-Sayed pushing back against assumptions about his faith. Right-leaning outlets such as Breitbart News focus on opponent Mike Rogers' claims regarding El-Sayed's history.
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El-Sayed criticizes implications of ‘Muslim Brotherhood’ question
Democratic Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed criticized the implications of a question asked at a Saturday town hall concerning the Muslim Brotherhood. At a campaign event in Michigan, El-Sayed was asked by an attendee whether he would “disavow the Muslim Brotherhood.” “Sure. Yeah, absolutely,” El-Sayed said. “Why are you asking the question?” In…
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Jan Crawford had praised man who asked Democratic candidate whether he would disavow Muslim BrotherhoodCBS’s chief legal correspondent Jan Crawford has apologized for and deleted a social media post praising a man who questioned Democratic Michigan US Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed about the Muslim Brotherhood during a town hall on Saturday.On Sunday,…
In a clip that quickly went viral Saturday night, Democratic US Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed countered a bigoted question about his Muslim faith at a Michigan town hall with a lesson in American government. The five-minute conversation took place in Caro, Michigan, where a man who identified himself as “Tommy” asked from the audience: “Will…
The Senate candidate confronted questions over his “dual loyalties” while campaigning in a deep red region of Michigan on Saturday.
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Democratic Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed criticized the implications of a question asked at a Saturday town hall concerning the Muslim Brotherhood. At a campaign event in Michigan, El-Sayed was asked by an attendee whether he would “disavow the Muslim Brotherhood.” “Sure. Yeah, absolutely,” El-Sayed said. “Why are you asking the question?” In…
A question about the Muslim Brotherhood led to a viral exchange as Abdul El-Sayed pushed back against what he called assumptions about his faith.
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On Sunday’s broadcast of CNN’s “State of the Union,” Michigan Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers said his opponent, Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed, “has a long history of supporting the Muslim Brotherhood.” Rogers said, “I’ve never called them a terrorist.
