Abdul El-Sayed Challenges His Questioners

Senate candidate Abdul El-SayedAbdul El-SayedAmerican politician and epidemiologist (born 1984) said he would disavow the Muslim Brotherhood at a Michigan campaign event, then challenged the questioner for asking him to prove his loyalty. He invoked religious freedom and John F. Kennedy’s experience as a Catholic candidate. El-Sayed is a Muslim Democrat running against Republican Mike RogersMike RogersAmerican politician (born 1963) in a close Michigan Senate race, where Republicans have questioned his ties to the Muslim Brotherhood and portrayed him as sympathetic to terrorism. The questioner was identified as Thomas Teepell, whose father’s firm was paid $250,000 by America Next to oppose El-Sayed. An undercover video later showed field organizer Abdoul Beckwith making allegations the campaign called untrue. The Michigan Democratic PartyMichigan Democratic Partypolitical organization in the U.S. state of Michigan said Beckwith was fired. The election is November 3.