Emmer repeats a 9/11-related attack on El-Sayed at the GOP convention
United States representative for Minnesota’s 6th congressional district and House majority whip.
“This evil man pals around with people who believe Americans deserved to be attacked on 9/11.”
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Mike Rogers’s 9/11 accusation against Abdul El-Sayed
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Reporting
About this source
AP reports and quotes Emmer’s GOP convention remarks. The source attributes the statement to Emmer; it does not establish the underlying accusation about El-Sayed.
Archived source
About this source
Audio replay preserving the convention-speech segment used to corroborate the attribution and wording reported by AP. It is a rebroadcast archive, not an official convention recording.
Before the quotation
Mike Rogers had accused El-Sayed of believing America deserved the September 11 attacks based on El-Sayed’s association with Hasan Piker. El-Sayed had rejected justifying the attacks.
After the quotation
The reports attribute the remarks to Emmer
How this statement is classified
Emmer labels El-Sayed “evil” and repeats an allegation linking him to support for the September 11 attackers, directly condemning the candidate in this dispute.
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- People and groups discussed
- Abdul El-Sayed, Hasan Piker
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