Abdul El-Sayed Still Won't Condemn the Muslim Brotherhood
Democrat Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed found himself unable to denounce the Muslim Brotherhood during an appearance on The Story With Martha MacCallum on…
Some questions are only hard if you have something to hide. Martha MacCallum gave Abdul El-Sayed a wide-open chance to denounce the Muslim Brotherhood, a group with a long record of extremism and violence. He paused.
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Democrat Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed found himself unable to denounce the Muslim Brotherhood during an appearance on The Story With Martha MacCallum on Monday afternoon.
This was insane to watch… On Fox News just now, @AbdulElSayed was completely unwilling to denounce the terrorist organization of the Muslim Brotherhood.
El-Sayed himself has some connections to the Muslim Brotherhood, a designated foreign terrorist organization, and was listed as one of just 46 signatories of a letter to a Muslim Brotherhood leader that encouraged the purging of media and police in Egypt. Members of the Muslim Brotherhood have resolutely supported his nomination to the Democrat ticket.
Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed was among 46 Egyptian-Americans who signed a 2012 statement supporting Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood-backed President Mohamed Morsi and calling on him to “purge the media and the police as quickly as possible.” Published days after Morsi issued a declaration expanding his powers and shielding presidential decisions from judicial review, the statement also “strongly rejected” appeals for the US and Europe to intervene against Egypt’s government. “Dr. Abdul Rahman El-Sayed — New York” was listed as the 33rd signatory. El-Sayed was studying at Columbia University at the time. Press freedom subsequently deteriorated under the Muslim Brotherhood-backed government. By the end of 2012, at least six journalists faced charges including “insulting the president” or “insulting Islam.”
🚨Abdul El-Sayed still REFUSES to denounce the Muslim Brotherhood and their terrorist activity. Maybe because they're one of his biggest supporters?
Meanwhile, former President Barack Obama has announced his intention to join El-Sayed on the campaign trail in Michigan. Obama is set to appear alongside El-Sayed in Detroit on October 24, just days before Election Day. Republicans have widely criticized the decision for Obama to campaign with such a radical politician.
It is my honor and privilege to announce that President @BarackObama is joining us on the trail in Detroit on Saturday, October 24. Get. Ready.
Barack Obama is coming to Detroit to do a rally for the brother-in-law of a terrorist his OWN administration put on a terror watchlist.
What happens we 2 jihadists walk into a bar? We’re getting ready to find out.
El-Sayed will face off against Republican candidate Mike Rogers in one of the closest elections of the cycle. Election Day is just 29 days from now.
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Some questions are only hard if you have something to hide. Martha MacCallum gave Abdul El-Sayed a wide-open chance to denounce the Muslim Brotherhood, a group with a long record of extremism and violence. He paused. He talked around it. He offered sympathy for “people in the region.” And in the end, he could not bring himself to say the words. That tells you everything you need to know about where his priorities are.
It is not complicated. A U.S. Senate candidate should be able to condemn an organization that many of our closest allies treat as a terrorist threat. El-Sayed is smart enough to know this. He is also smart enough to know that the left wing of his party has a blind spot on groups like this, and that an honest answer might cost him support. The bar was on the floor, and he still tripped over it.
This isn’t about one awkward interview. It’s about what a candidate is willing to tolerate when he thinks he can get away with it. El-Sayed wants to represent Michigan in the Senate, and Michigan voters deserve better than a man who treats the Muslim Brotherhood like an inconvenient topic instead of what it is. If he can’t condemn them on national television, what would he do in Washington? That is a fair question, and he has not answered it.
Commentary written with AI assistance by the New Republican Times Editorial Board.