Tom Emmer
Role at the time: United States representative for Minnesota’s 6th congressional district and House majority whip.
Condemned
Responding to
Mike Rogers’s 9/11 accusation against Abdul El-Sayed
“This evil man pals around with people who believe Americans deserved to be attacked on 9/11.”
Why we used this label
Emmer labels El-Sayed “evil” and repeats an allegation linking him to support for the September 11 attackers, directly condemning the candidate in this dispute.
Associated Press reports Tom Emmer’s GOP convention remarks about Abdul El-Sayed (opens in a new tab)Paragraph identifying Tom Emmer’s convention remarks about Abdul El-Sayed and Hasan Piker.
AP reports and quotes Emmer’s GOP convention remarks. The source attributes the statement to Emmer; it does not establish the underlying accusation about El-Sayed.