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Trump Says El-Sayed Is ‘100%’ Muslim Brotherhood—Amplifying Unfounded Right-Wing Claim

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Newest development Oct 17, 2026 · 2 reportsAbdul El-Sayed Told NBC No on Muslim Brotherhood Ties and the Paper Trail Says Otherwise

El-Sayed told NBC News in an interview aired Wednesday he has “no ties” to the group.

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  1. Reports: Despite Denials, Abdul El-Sayed Has Long Supported Muslim Brotherhood, Has Family Ties to Terrorist Group

    Headline from American Greatness ·

  2. Abdul El-Sayed’s alleged family ties to Muslim Brotherhood surface after denying any link during NBC interview

    Headline from New York Post ·

  3. Trump says Abdul el Sayed is ‘100%’ a ‘Muslim Brotherhood guy’

    Headline from Washington Examiner ·

  4. Names this update

    Trump Says El-Sayed Is ‘100%’ Muslim Brotherhood—Amplifying Unfounded Right-Wing Claim

    Headline from Forbes ·

  5. Newest

    Abdul El-Sayed Told NBC No on Muslim Brotherhood Ties and the Paper Trail Says Otherwise

    Headline from Blue State Blues News ·

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  1. Conservative Review

    Abdul El-Sayed’s Family Has ‘Long Been’ in Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, Senate Candidate’s Sister Said in Unearthed Social Media Posts (opens Conservative Review)

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    Conservative Review's feed description

    Abdul El-Sayed said on Meet the Press on Sunday that neither he nor any of his family members have ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, the Islamist group that spawned Hamas. But the far-left Senate candidate’s half-sister has suggested otherwise, boasting on social media that her family “has long been” …

  2. Legal Insurrection

    El-Sayed Denies Muslim Brotherhood Ties, Sister Contradicts Him (opens Legal Insurrection)

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    Legal Insurrection's feed description

    Abdul El-Sayed denies family ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, but his half-sister's old posts describe relatives who belonged to the Islamist group. The post El-Sayed Denies Muslim Brotherhood Ties, Sister Contradicts Him first appeared on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion .

  3. PJ Media

  4. Breitbart News

    Report: Despite His Denials, Abdul El-Sayed's Half-Sister Claims Family Has 'Long Been' in Muslim Brotherhood (opens Breitbart News)

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    Breitbart News's feed description

    The half-sister of leftist Muslim U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D-MI) has reportedly said their family has ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, despite her brother denying it.

  5. Townhall

  6. The College Fix

    El-Sayed’s sister, a U. Chicago professor, says family has ties to Muslim Brotherhood (opens The College Fix)

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    The College Fix's feed description

    Professor says their mom was activist ‘in the Muslim Brotherhood during the early 70s’ A University of Chicago professor, the half-sister of U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, has said that their family has connections to the terrorist-linked Muslim Brotherhood, according to the Washington Free B…

  7. The Washington Free Beacon

    Abdul El-Sayed’s Mother Was Active in Muslim Brotherhood in College, Sister Said (opens The Washington Free Beacon)

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    Abdul El-Sayed’s mother—whom the left-wing Michigan Senate candidate has described as “smart, warm, charismatic” and whom he called on camera in a May campaign video—was active in the Muslim Brotherhood while in college in Egypt, a revelation that further contradicts El-Sayed’s recent claims that ne…

  8. Just the News

    Scrutiny of El-Sayed's alleged ties to Muslim Brotherhood grow following interview (opens Just the News)

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    Just the News's feed description

    El-Sayed’s half-sister posted comments on X in June 2012 stating that the Democratic Michigan Senate candidate's mother was associated with the Islamic group in college.

  9. Fox News

    Abdul El-Sayed's alleged family ties to Muslim Brotherhood surface after denying any link during NBC interview (opens Fox News)

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    Abdul El-Sayed denied any Muslim Brotherhood ties on "Meet the Press," but his half-sister's social media posts appear to tell a different story.

  10. Conservative Review

    On 'Meet the Press,' El-Sayed denied his family's ties to the Muslim Brotherhood. Hours later, the receipts landed. (opens Conservative Review)

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    The campaign for Democrat Abdul El-Sayed has released a bizarre statement after unearthed text messages seemingly contradict his claims denying ties between his family and the Muslim Brotherhood. El-Sayed is vying to keep the U.S.

  11. American Greatness

    Reports: Despite Denials, Abdul El-Sayed Has Long Supported Muslim Brotherhood, Has Family Ties to Terrorist Group (opens American Greatness)

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    Evidence is mounting that Abdul El-Sayed, the Democrat nominee for Michigan’s U.S. Senate seat, not only supports the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood but has strong familial […] Source

  12. The Washington Free Beacon

    Uncovered Video: El-Sayed Was Radical ‘Queer’ Sister’s Guardian and Dowry Manager in Her Sharia Marriage–Years After She Said Family Had ‘Long Been Muslim Brotherhood’ (opens The Washington Free Beacon)

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    Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed served as his "queer Muslim" half-sister's legal guardian in a Sharia marriage a decade ago, according to a documentary obtained by the Washington Free Beacon. He performed the sacred duties years after the sister said her family "had long been MB," or Muslim…

  13. GOP Daily Brief

    Abdul El-Sayed’s Sister Claimed Family Was Affiliated With Muslim Brotherhood in Unearthed Posts, Contradicting His Denial on Meet the Press (opens GOP Daily Brief)

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    There’s a baseline standard we expect from anyone running for the United States Senate. Not eloquence. Not charm. Honesty. These are people who will hold...

  14. Conservative Review

    'Hearsay': Abdul El-Sayed Dismisses Sister's Claims About Family's Muslim Brotherhood Activism (opens Conservative Review)

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    Left-wing Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed dismissed his sister’s claims that their Egyptian relatives are members of the Muslim Brotherhood as "hearsay" in a heated exchange with Tom Llamas of NBC News.

  15. Breitbart News

    El-Sayed on Half-Sister's Muslim Brotherhood Tweets: 'You're Using Hearsay Evidence', 'We Have No Ties', I Didn't Talk to My Mom About That, 'Not Serious' (opens Breitbart News)

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    During a portion of an interview aired on Wednesday’s broadcast of “NBC Nightly News,” Michigan Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed responded to posts from his half-sister about his family’s relationship with the Muslim Brotherhood by saying that “We have no

  16. Townhall

  17. Washington Examiner

    Trump says Abdul el Sayed is ‘100%’ a ‘Muslim Brotherhood guy’ (opens Washington Examiner)

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    President Donald Trump described Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El Sayed as a “Muslim Brotherhood guy” on Thursday. Trump made the comments while previewing an upcoming trip to Michigan in support of Republican nominee Mike Rogers during a White House Rose Garden lunch for law enforcement …

  18. Fox News

    Trump links Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed to Muslim Brotherhood: 'He's a con man' (opens Fox News)

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    Trump called Abdul El-Sayed "100% Muslim Brotherhood" as posts by the battleground Senate candidate's half-sister come under fresh scrutiny.

  19. Forbes

    Trump Says El-Sayed Is ‘100%’ Muslim Brotherhood—Amplifying Unfounded Right-Wing Claim (opens Forbes)

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    El-Sayed told NBC News in an interview aired Wednesday he has “no ties” to the group.

  20. The American Spectator

    Abdul El-Sayed: A Muslim Brotherhood Puppet and a Grave National Security Threat (opens The American Spectator)

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    On NBC’s Meet the Press last Sunday, host Kristen Welker asked Democratic Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed if he would...

  21. Charisma Magazine Online

    NBC Confronts El-Sayed on Muslim Brotherhood Ties (opens Charisma Magazine Online)

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    NBC News confronted Democrat Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, pressing him on his connection with the Muslim Brotherhood. “You don’t have any ties?” he was asked, to which he said, “No.” “And your family doesn’t?” the reporter added, to which El-Sayed again said, “No.

  22. Renewed Right

    Abdul El-Sayed’s Sister Made a Huge Mistake When She Let the Truth Slip About His Ties to the Muslim Brotherhood (opens Renewed Right)

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    Abdul El-Sayed just told Kristen Welker on national television that he and his family have no ties to the group. His own sister documented those ties publicly in writing. And Abdul El-Sayed’s

  23. Blue State Blues News

    Abdul El-Sayed Told NBC No on Muslim Brotherhood Ties and the Paper Trail Says Otherwise (opens Blue State Blues News)

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    NBC's Kristen Welker asked a Michigan Senate candidate one simple yes or no question about his family and the Muslim Brotherhood. His sister had already answered that exact question years earlier

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