Trump says El-Sayed is "100% Muslim Brotherhood"
Donald TrumpPresident of the United States, at a lunch in the White House Rose Garden
At a White House lunch, Trump calls El-Sayed a Muslim Brotherhood guy and questions whether he should sit on the Senate Intelligence Committee.
“He's a Muslim Brotherhood guy. How about having him be on the Senate Intelligence Committee? How about that? The guy's 100% Muslim Brotherhood.”
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Where this statement fits
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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Fox News Digital reports Trump's remarks about El-Sayed at a lunch in the White House Rose Garden on October 15, 2026, and El-Sayed's earlier denial on Meet the Press.
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The National News Desk reports that Trump said at a White House event on Thursday, October 15, that El-Sayed is 100% affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood, and that El-Sayed has repeatedly denied ties to the group.
Before the quotation
Fox News reports that El-Sayed had come under scrutiny over social media posts by his half-sister saying their mother was an active member of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt in the 1970s.
After the quotation
Trump also called El-Sayed a fraud and a con man. El-Sayed has denied any personal or family ties to the group.
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Why this label?
Relative to the allegations that El-Sayed has terrorist or Muslim Brotherhood ties, Trump asserts that El-Sayed is entirely Muslim Brotherhood and uses the claim against him. He names no donor or organizational link, so the label records his stance, not whether the claim is true.
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