Abdul El-Sayed Denies Muslim Brotherhood Ties

Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed denied on NBC’s Meet the Press that he or his family had ties to the Muslim Brotherhood. He repeated the denial when reporter Tom Llamas asked about posts by his half-sister, Eman Abdelhadi, who has said the family had long been connected to the group. The dispute is unfolding in a close Michigan race for retiring Sen. Gary Peters’s seat against Republican Mike Rogers. El-Sayed called the posts hearsay and said he had never discussed the issue with his mother. His campaign called the allegations faith-based attacks, while Rogers and allies argue the posts undermine his denial.