Rogers says at the final debate that El-Sayed is bought off by the Muslim Brotherhood
Mike RogersRepublican U.S. Senate nominee in Michigan, at the second televised debate
In a debate rebuttal, Rogers says El-Sayed is bought off by the Muslim Brotherhood and has campaign donors from Hamas.
“So being bought off by the Muslim Brotherhood, having donors to his campaign from Hamas that support Hezbollah is not a problem?”
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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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Scripps News's upload of the second and final Michigan U.S. Senate debate, hosted by WXYZ-TV in Southfield on October 21, 2026. The quoted wording is our transcription of the audio.
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CBS News report on the October 21 debate, including Rogers's Muslim Brotherhood and national security attack and El-Sayed's response.
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In his own rebuttal, El-Sayed had said Rogers was bought off by weapons manufacturers and backed by AIPAC.
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Rogers went on to call El-Sayed a risk to national security. After the debate, he told reporters he questions whether El-Sayed could get a security clearance if elected, CBS News reported.
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Relative to the case's question of whether El-Sayed's campaign took money from terrorist-linked sources, Rogers repeats the allegation and uses it against El-Sayed. The label records his stance, not whether the allegation is true.
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