Rogers calls El-Sayed's denial of Brotherhood ties a lie
Mike RogersRepublican U.S. Senate nominee in Michigan, posting from his campaign account on X
Rogers said El-Sayed lied when he denied on Meet the Press that his family has ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, and said El-Sayed and his family have surrounded themselves with heinous organizations. The post names no organization or person.
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Abdul El-Sayed's family has long been part of the Muslim Brotherhood.
“This morning, Abdul El-Sayed was asked about his family’s ties to the Muslim Brotherhood. And he denied it — an outright lie. The truth is, Abdul and his family have surrounded themselves with some of the most heinous organizations and anti-American actors in history.”
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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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Rogers's campaign account posted this after El-Sayed's Meet the Press interview, with a clip of the exchange. The post names no organization or person.
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Full Meet the Press interview with Kristen Welker. Asked whether he or his family have ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, El-Sayed answers no, then says Rogers's strategy is to point to his name and faith.
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El-Sayed had told NBC's Meet the Press that morning that neither he nor his family has ties to the Muslim Brotherhood.
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He wrote that El-Sayed is too extreme for the U.S. Senate.
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Why this label?
Relative to the allegations of El-Sayed's terrorist and Muslim Brotherhood ties, Rogers rejects El-Sayed's denial and restates the allegation against him and his family, consistent with his other statements here.
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