Sayed didn’t disavow the Muslim Brotherhood. Video shows he did – PolitiFact

Key Points:

• Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed was asked at a Michigan town hall if he would disavow the Muslim Brotherhood, to which he responded affirmatively but also questioned the premise of the question suggesting dual allegiance due to his Muslim faith.
• Republican opponent Mike Rogers criticized El-Sayed’s response as insufficient, claiming El-Sayed did not explicitly condemn the Muslim Brotherhood or address concerns about its treatment of women under Sharia law.
• El-Sayed has denied any ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, explaining his past writings supported Egyptian protesters during the 2011 revolution but did not constitute support for the organization itself.
• Rogers’ campaign has attempted to link El-Sayed to the Muslim Brotherhood through family connections and past statements by El-Sayed’s half-sister, but El-Sayed refutes these claims, noting he was raised primarily by his father.
• Fact-checkers rated Rogers’ claim that El-Sayed did not disavow the Muslim Brotherhood as false, citing El-Sayed’s clear verbal disavowal during the town hall.