Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed said he would disavow the Muslim Brotherhood when asked about the group at a Saturday town hall in Michigan, then questioned why the attendee had raised the issue.
An attendee identified as Tommy asked El-Sayed whether he would disavow the organization. “Sure. Yeah, absolutely,” El-Sayed said, according to The Hill and Fox News. He then asked why the question was being posed. The Hill reported that El-Sayed criticized the implications of the question. Fox News said the question followed reports alleging family connections to the organization.
Fox News also reported that CBS News correspondent Jan Crawford later deleted an X post about El-Sayed’s response. The excerpt did not provide further details on the deleted post.