Abdul El-Sayed
- Role
- Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Michigan, interviewed by Jacob Soboroff on All In
- Statement date
"So they’re going to use Islamophobia because their ideas are tired."
Source and context
Interview
About this source
The broadcaster embeds the full August 5 interview and quotes El-Sayed’s response; its accompanying article was published August 6. The YouTube mirror is ZxcOGYPE16w. Automated extraction of that mirror returned an incomplete caption manifest, so no claim of a complete independently checked YouTube transcript is made. The broadcaster’s text and PolitiFact corroborate the response and date.
Reporting
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Original reporting includes the campaign’s response to a request for its evidence. Brouillet’s statement is a direct quotation from that exchange, not an inference from silence. The report distinguishes El-Sayed’s explicit rejection of justifying 9/11 from his refusal to disavow an ally. DI records that distinction without adopting PolitiFact’s rating as the case’s purpose.
Before the quotation
Rogers had issued his 9/11 accusation after the primary. The interview also addressed other Republican criticism, so the selected quotation is not exclusive to the 9/11 claim.
After the quotation
El-Sayed emphasized shared concerns about family welfare, health care and economic conditions, and challenged Rogers to debates. His earlier explicit rejection of justifying 9/11 is recorded separately.
How this statement is classified
He directly challenged how opponents were presenting him; the characterization of their tactics is attributed to El-Sayed, not asserted by DI as a motive finding.
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- Published here
- People and groups discussed
- Mike Rogers
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