Fact Check: How Tim Scott and a Republican Attack ad Misleadingly Snipped Key Context From El-Sayed’s ‘Dangerous’ Speech
Scott says the ads highlight El-Sayed’s own words and his ties to Hasan Piker as Republicans seek to frame him as an outlier.
- Sen. Tim Scott , chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, defended NRSC attack ads on Sunday targeting Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, arguing the ads simply repeat El-Sayed's own words.
- The NRSC released an ad Friday using the candidate's full name, Abdulrahman Mohammed El-Sayed, while President Trump posted a comparison photo on Saturday framing him as a radical.
- Ads feature a one-second clip of El-Sayed stating, "I'm pretty damn dangerous," a comment he clarified was directed at political and corporate interests, not public safety.
- CNN's Manu Raju asked Scott on Sunday if using the candidate's full name implies his Muslim faith; Scott denied this, stating, "Not at all. What we're only saying to voters is a simple thing."
- Republicans focus on El-Sayed's policy stances and ties to commentator Hasan Piker, painting him as a political outlier ahead of November's midterm elections.
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The leader of the Republican Senate campaign committee, Senator Tim Scott, said on Sunday in an interview with CNN that people should believe something that Senate Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed allegedly said...
Fact check: How Tim Scott and a Republican attack ad misleadingly snipped key context from El-Sayed’s ‘dangerous’ speech
The leader of Senate Republicans’ campaign arm, Sen. Tim Scott, said in a Sunday interview on CNN that people should believe something Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed supposedly said about himself. But Scott took El-Sayed’s quote out of context. So did an attack ad released last week by the group Scott chairs.
Hey CNN! El-Sayed Made Himself a 'Boogeyman,' Not the GOP
Hey CNN! El-Sayed Made Himself a 'Boogeyman,' Not the GOP CNN-This-Morning-chyron-scare-tactic-8-10-26 On today’s CNN This Morning, host Audie Cornish warned viewers of fear-mongering Republican spin about Michigan Democrat Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed.It is El-Sayed’s own record, statements, and associations with vile people like Hasan Piker that make him objectionable to many voters. But Cornish framed it aggressively:CORNISH: Michigan's A…
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ussanews.comCNN corners Tim Scott over El-Sayed attacks: Are you really just saying, ‘Hint, hint, he’s Muslim’?
Instead of investigating the anti-American ties of the Democratic nominee for Senate in Michigan, corporate media continued to question the GOP’s “hint, hint” use of his full […]
CNN corners Tim Scott over El-Sayed attacks: Are you really just saying, 'Hint, hint, he's Muslim'? · American Wire News
Instead of investigating the anti-American ties of the Democratic nominee for Senate in Michigan, corporate media continued to question the GOP’s “hint, hint” use of his full name. (Video Credit: CNN) Whether Marxist ideologies or Islamism is perceived as the greater threat to the United States, Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed appeared to many to be a harbinger of both. Despite his radical views and affiliations called out in a recent ad, CNN chi…
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