Morrissey says the media ignore a candidate "supported by foreign terrorist organizations"
Ed MorrisseyHotAir editor and political commentator
In a HotAir post about CBS News, Morrissey says the question is why CBS and other mainstream reporters are not embarrassed at showing no interest in a story about a Senate candidate who, in his words, "supports and is supported by foreign terrorist organizations."
“The question here shouldn't be whether Weiss has the authority to hand out investigative reporting assignments. It should be why CBS News reporters, and reporters from all of the rest of the mainstream media, aren't embarrassed that they have shown zero interest in a story where a Senate candidate supports and is supported by foreign terrorist organizations.”
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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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Morrissey endorses scrutiny of the claimed connections. His characterizations of donors and organizations are attributed allegations, not findings adopted here.
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Before this passage, Morrissey lists connections he attributes to El-Sayed, including a father-in-law on the boards of CAIR and ISNA who, he says, funded a super PAC backing El-Sayed. He calls both groups Muslim Brotherhood subsidiaries.
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He then criticizes Dana Bash's CNN interview with Rogers and embeds Jorge Bonilla's post praising Rogers. The links Morrissey lists are his claims; a contribution to a super PAC does not by itself show that a terrorist organization paid El-Sayed's campaign.
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Why this label?
Relative to the allegation that El-Sayed's campaign takes money from terrorist-linked sources, Morrissey says El-Sayed is supported by foreign terrorist organizations and criticizes the media for ignoring it. He adopts the allegation in his own voice and uses it against El-Sayed, so the label matches Rogers's statements here. The label records his stance, not whether the claim is true.
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