Michigan Senate Candidate El-Sayed Faces Escalating Attacks as Debate With Rogers Nears
Photo: Daily WireMichigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is facing intensifying attacks over his views on Israel, the Muslim Brotherhood and his faith, ahead of his second debate with Republican Mike Rogers. At a town hall this weekend, a man asked him to disavow the Muslim Brotherhood. El-Sayed said yes, then pressed the man for five minutes on what he was implying, in an exchange viewed more than 50 million times. The man was Thomas Teepell, a former aide to Sen. Josh Hawley. An FEC filing shows his father's firm was paid $250,000 by a non-profit for canvassing and influencer marketing against El-Sayed. On Wednesday, the National Republican Senatorial Committee launched an online Jeopardy-style game about El-Sayed's alleged ties to radical Muslim groups.
Alternative and independent outlets had not reported this story at the time of writing, while left-leaning and right-leaning outlets had. Left-leaning outlets, The Guardian US and MS NOW, focus on El-Sayed's confrontational response and his bet on Trump-style politics. Right-leaning outlets, the Daily Wire and The Blaze, focus on the Republican game, his alleged ties and his past podcast remarks.
How the sides differ Left sources emphasize El-Sayed's combative response to critics; right sources stress his alleged ties and past remarks; alternative sources have not covered the story.
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The Guardian US leads with El-Sayed's town hall exchange and the Teepell funding detail. MS NOW frames his combative style as a Trump-era political bet in a state Trump narrowly won.
Not covering this story. None of the alternative or independent outlets Crosswire tracks has reported it yet. What one side leaves out can be as telling as what the others report.
- The BlazeAbdul El-Sayed cried 'racism' over taxpayer-funded transgender operations for illegal aliens: AUDIO
The Daily Wire leads with the NRSC's game and quotes spokesperson Samantha Cantrell on his alleged ties. The Blaze cites a Washington Free Beacon report on his 2021-22 podcast remarks.