Rogers alleges terrorist-linked funding for El-Sayed campaign
Mike RogersRepublican nominee for U.S. Senate in Michigan, speaking at the RNC midterm convention
At a 2026 midterm convention event, Rogers alleged that El-Sayed’s Senate campaign was funded by terrorist groups, naming the Muslim Brotherhood as an example. This records Rogers’s accusation, not an established finding about campaign funding.
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Abdul El-Sayed is funding his campaign with money from terrorist groups like the Muslim Brotherhood.
“Abdul is funding his campaign with money from terrorist groups like the Muslim Brotherhood.”
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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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The campaign publishes the complete speech text and links its full recording at https://youtu.be/caqS8edf8p4. Rogers attributes the 9/11-deserved sentiment to Piker and criticizes El-Sayed's association with him; his running-mate language is rhetorical. A separate passage renews the accusation that El-Sayed excused the Temple Israel attack. The transcript also includes Rogers's separate campaign-finance allegation; it establishes that Rogers made the statement but does not identify a donor, amount, or supporting campaign-finance filing. The publication timestamp is the campaign page's; it is not the speech's recording time.
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During a campaign speech at a Republican National Convention midterm event, Rogers discussed El-Sayed’s association with Hasan Piker before turning to campaign finance.
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Rogers continued by saying El-Sayed wanted money out of politics except from “recognized terrorist organizations.” The cited passage identifies no particular donor, contribution, or organization that gave money to the campaign.
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Rogers uses the allegation to condemn El-Sayed’s campaign. The classification describes Rogers’s stated stance and does not assess whether the funding allegation is true.
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- Abdul El-Sayed, Abdul for U.S. Senate
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The Dispute Index. "Rogers alleges terrorist-linked funding for El-Sayed campaign". First published: 2026-09-13. Last updated: 2026-09-13. https://disputeindex.com/events/498-at-a-2026-midterm-convention-event-rogers-alleged