El-Sayed response to recurring Muslim Brotherhood attacks

Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Michigan

They’re going to keep trying to divide us because they got no answers around the problems that unite us.

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Reporting

Fact check: No evidence Abdul El-Sayed ‘pledged support’ to Muslim Brotherhood (opens in a new tab)Lines 101–103, 109–110

About this source

Bridge Detroit reported on recurring allegations linking El-Sayed to the Muslim Brotherhood before Rogers’s September 10 campaign-finance statement. The article contains direct quotations from El-Sayed and Doukoure that characterize the broader pattern of attacks; neither quote directly addresses the later allegation about campaign funding.

Before the quotation

Bridge Detroit reported that El-Sayed was responding to attacks by Rogers and other opponents that sought to link him to the Muslim Brotherhood.

After the quotation

The quote predates Rogers’s September 10 allegation concerning campaign financing. It is included as relevant context for the recurring narrative, not as a response to that later claim.

Challenged the characterization
How this statement is classified

El-Sayed challenged the broader characterization behind recurring Muslim Brotherhood-related attacks. He did not address the later campaign-finance allegation in this statement.

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