NRSC adopts the allegation, calling CAIR “a designated terrorist organization”
National Republican Senatorial CommitteeOfficial press release of the National Republican Senatorial Committee
The National Republican Senatorial Committee adopted the allegation in its own institutional voice, describing CAIR as a designated terrorist organisation and saying its affiliates had donated nearly $130,000 to El-Sayed.
“Mike Rogers just called on Abdul El-Sayed to return all of his donations from the Council on American–Islamic Relations (CAIR) associates. CAIR is a designated terrorist organization whose affiliates have donated nearly $130,000 to Abdul since launching his Senate campaign.”
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Mike Rogers's allegation about Abdul El-Sayed's campaign received funding from a terrorist organization
At a September 10, 2026 Republican National Convention midterm speech, Michigan Republican Senate nominee Mike Rogers said Abdul El-Sayed was funding his campaign with money from “terrorist groups like the Muslim Brotherhood.” Rogers did not name a donor, amount, or campaign-finance filing in the speech. The research documents an outside-support chain involving CAIR Action, Unity & Justice Fund, and a Super PAC supporting El-Sayed, while examining whether any record establishes the specific allegation.
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Press release in which the NRSC adopts the allegation in its own institutional voice rather than quoting Rogers. Its assertion that CAIR “is a designated terrorist organization” is contested: CAIR is not federally designated in the United States. It was named an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation prosecution, and Texas and Florida have taken state-level designation actions. The release also describes Jukaku Tayeb as “former President of CAIR Michigan” where the Rogers campaign’s own release of the same date says he is the current president.
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Issued the same day as the Rogers campaign’s own “return the money” demand, and five days after the convention speech that began this dispute.
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The release describes Jukaku Tayeb as “former President of CAIR Michigan” while the Rogers campaign release of the same date describes him as the current president. Its central descriptive premise is contested: CAIR holds no federal terrorist designation, having been named an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation prosecution, with separate state-level actions in Texas and Florida.
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On the committee asserts the allegation in its own voice rather than reporting Rogers’s version of it, and criticises El-Sayed for accepting the money. That makes it a distinct institutional position rather than an amplification. Recorded without adopting its premise: CAIR is not federally designated as a terrorist organisation in the United States, a point the Michigan outlet reporting the same demand states in its own voice.
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