Democratic Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed on Saturday criticized the implications of a question at a campaign town hall that asked whether he would “disavow the Muslim Brotherhood.”
At the event, an attendee asked El-Sayed if he would “disavow the Muslim Brotherhood.” El-Sayed replied, “Sure. Yeah, absolutely,” and followed with, “Why are you asking the question?”
El-Sayed has since pushed back on the premise behind the inquiry, arguing the line of questioning suggested an unfounded association between his faith and support for an organization. He called attention to the implications of being asked to disavow a group in that way rather than the substantive issues voters raised at the town hall.
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The exchange took place at a Michigan campaign event on Saturday and was shared publicly by attendees. El-Sayed is one of several Democrats running in the state for the U.S. Senate.
