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The Radical Record Abdul El-Sayed Wants You To Forget

October 17, 2026

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The Radical Record Abdul El-Sayed Wants You To Forget

In January 2011, during the Arab Spring, Abdul Rahman El-Sayed—now the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Michigan—wrote in the Huffington Post that even if the Muslim Brotherhood took power in Egypt, the resulting state "would look nothing like Iran." That essay, published in his official capacity as an epidemiologist, is one of many pieces of his public record that his campaign has tried to distance itself from. But the trail of statements, associations, and deleted content tells a coherent story about who El-Sayed is and what he believes—one that his critics say Michigan voters deserve to hear before they decide who will control the Senate.

The Deleted Record

Before launching his Senate campaign, El-Sayed made more than 100 of his YouTube videos private. CNN documented this spring cleaning, and the videos that remain public—or that were captured before deletion—reveal positions far outside the American mainstream. He floated amending the Constitution to replace the right to bear arms with a "right to health care." He declared that "fireworks suck" and asked Americans to find another way to celebrate the Fourth of July. He questioned "whether football can even be ethical," linking the sport to "toxic masculinity."

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  • 1 (00:06) **Episode Introduction & Advertisements** - Opening ad reads for Daily Wire film "Run Hide Fight Infidels," GOPvotes.org early voting push, Simply Safe security system, and Prime Video series "The Terminal List" season 2.
  • 2 (03:43) **Abdul El-Sayed Identified as Michigan Senate Candidate** - Ben Shapiro introduces Abdurrahman El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Michigan, calling his race a toss-up that will decide Senate control.
  • 3 (04:50) **Deleted YouTube Videos and Controversial Statements** - CNN reported El-Sayed made over 100 YouTube videos private before his campaign, including proposals to replace the Second Amendment with a "right to health care" and criticizing Fourth of July fireworks.
  • 4 (05:56) **Muslim Brotherhood Connections** - In 2011, El-Sayed wrote in the Huffington Post that a Muslim Brotherhood-led Egypt would not resemble Iran, and he previously stated he holds dual Egyptian citizenship (his campaign later called it a mistake).
  • 5 (07:27) **Family Ties to Terror-Designated Organizations** - El-Sayed's birth mother reportedly worked for a terror organization supporting Osama bin Laden; his father-in-law Tayyeb Jukaku is a founding figure in ISNA, named an unindicted co-conspirator in the largest terror financing trial in U.S. history.
  • 6 (09:30) **UCLA Muslim Student Association and Al-Talib Newspaper** - El-Sayed's sister-in-law Mariam Jukaku led the MSA at UCLA and was editor of Al-Talib, a publication whose advertisers were shut down by the government for terrorist ties.
  • 7 (09:47) **Convention Appearances with Extremist Figures** - El-Sayed spoke at an ISNA convention featuring a cleric who allegedly forced his 13-year-old niece into marriage, and appeared three times with an imam who worked as a propagandist for Iran.

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Who is Abdul El-Sayed? From the Michigan Democratic Senate nominee’s alleged Muslim Brotherhood connections and CAIR-linked campaign donations, to his relationship with Hasan Piker and his radically socialist platform, these are the facts about Abdul El-Sayed that his campaign wishes you’d never see.


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