Jorge Bonilla
Role at the time: NewsBusters analyst and radio commentator
Statement summary
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.”
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.
Why we used 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.