Josh Hammer
Role at the time: Political commentator writing a syndicated column
Statement summary
In a syndicated column, Hammer cites donations he attributes to El-Sayed's father-in-law, an ISNA founding committee member, and to current or former CAIR officials. He calls ISNA and CAIR "Brotherhood front groups" and says these groups are trying to elect El-Sayed.
“These are the groups now trying to elect El-Sayed to the U.S. Senate.”
Why we used this label
Relative to the allegation that El-Sayed's campaign takes money from terrorist-linked sources, Hammer says donors tied to ISNA and CAIR, which he calls Brotherhood front groups, are funding El-Sayed and trying to elect him. 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.