John Fetterman says El-Sayed "absolutely supports Sharia law"
John FettermanU.S. senator from Pennsylvania (Democrat), interviewed on Fox News's Hannity
On Fox News's Hannity, Sen. John Fetterman said he does not get along with El-Sayed because El-Sayed "absolutely supports Sharia law" and is "pro-Iran and Hamas," and criticized his ties to Hasan Piker.
Responding to
El-Sayed supports Sharia law and treats opposition to it as white supremacy.
“he absolutely supports Sharia law. I mean, he's absolutely pro-Iran and Hamas.”
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Where this statement fits
Abdul El-Sayed’s Sharia-law defense: religious freedom or support for religious government?
JD Vance characterized Abdul El-Sayed’s opposition to Sharia bans as support for Sharia and hostility to its critics. El-Sayed defended his position as equal religious freedom and rejected imposing his faith. Hasan Piker challenged the premise of a threatened imposition while questioning El-Sayed’s reliance on a canon-law analogy. Andrew Kolvet, Dana Loesch and Todd Aglialoro disputed that analogy, arguing that it understated Sharia’s relationship to civil government.
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RealClearPolitics transcript, syndicated on Yahoo News, of Sen. John Fetterman's appearance on the Tuesday, September 1, 2026 edition of Fox News's "Hannity." Hannity.com posted the segment on September 2. The wording was checked against audio of the segment.
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Fetterman began, "I don't get along with El-Sayed. You know, I don't get along with him because," before the quoted words.
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He went on to say El-Sayed "even said he wants to define the police," that he was "in a spiritual union with Hasan Piker," and that "I don't get along with communists and socialists and people that hate America, or people that pick on women, you know, like El-Sayed."
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Why this label?
The reference point is El-Sayed's position on Sharia law, which he describes as religious freedom and opposition to bans that single out Muslims, and which JD Vance characterized as support for Sharia. Fetterman adopts Vance's characterization and uses it as a reason to oppose El-Sayed, so we labeled it Condemned, consistent with Vance and Ted Cruz in this case. Challenged the characterization loses because Fetterman does not dispute anyone's description of El-Sayed's view; he asserts the critical one. Evidence level: a RealClearPolitics transcript, checked against audio of the segment.
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