Bonilla praises Rogers for steering a CNN interview back to "MoBros ties" and CAIR funding
Jorge BonillaNewsBusters analyst and radio commentator
In an X post, Bonilla says Rogers "calmly dismantles" Dana Bash's attempt to make him defend Trump's attacks on El-Sayed and "forces discussion back to MoBros ties, CAIR funding, and Hasan Piker."
“WATCH: @MikeRogersForMI calmly dismantles Dana Bash's attempt to force him to defend Trump's attacks against Abdul El-Sayed, forces discussion back to MoBros ties, CAIR funding, and Hasan Piker.”
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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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The post praises Rogers's argument and includes a video excerpt. Its reference to funding is an endorsement of that line of argument, not independent financial evidence.
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The post introduces a clip from Rogers's interview with Dana Bash on CNN.
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The post quotes Bash saying "I don't want to debate with you". It names no donor or payment.
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Why this label?
Relative to the allegations that El-Sayed has Muslim Brotherhood ties and takes terrorist-linked money, Bonilla praises Rogers for steering the interview back to "MoBros ties" and "CAIR funding," treating those ties as the real subject. He backs Rogers's line of attack without making a separate claim about the money, so the label matches Rogers's own statements here.
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Read the full caseRogers says he has never called El-Sayed a terrorist
“No, I don’t. I’ve never called him a terrorist. I’ve never called him a terrorist.”Read statement
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“I didn’t sign anything to support Morsi and didn’t even like his policies”Read statement
El-Sayed tells Rogers at the final debate he has never been part of the Muslim Brotherhood
“He keeps raising this question about this association with an organization I've never been a part of.”Read statement
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