Abdul El-Sayed Loses His Temper When Pressed on Alleged Ties to the Muslim Brotherhood

Abdul El-Sayed clashed with NBC correspondent Tom Llamas over his claim that he has no family ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, saying his half-sister's posts say otherwise.

NBC's Tom Llamas criticizes Abdul al-Sayed for allegedly having family ties to the Muslim Brotherhood.

NBC's Tom Llamas blasted Democratic Michigan Senate candidate Abd al-Said over the growing controversy over his family's alleged ties to the Muslim Brotherhood.

Democratic Michigan Senate candidate Abd al-Sayed had a tense conversation with a reporter on Wednesday as his claim that he has no family ties to the Muslim Brotherhood is being investigated.

On NBC's Nightly News, El-Sayed was pressed about social media posts by her half-sister, Aman Abdel Hadi, who claimed their mother was an active member of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood in the 1970s, after she denied any family ties to the controversial Islamist group in an interview with NBC's Kristen Welker on Sunday.

"Can you just explain?" Lamas asked after reading some of Abdul Hadi's posts.

After denying any ties during an interview with NBC, Abdul al-Sayed's family ties to the Muslim Brotherhood have apparently come to light.

Al-Sayed replied: It's funny to me. "I was born on Rochester Hills Avenue in 1984. I grew up here in Michigan, went to the University of Michigan, rebuilt the health department in this city, led the health department in this county - and you want to ask me what was going on in Egypt in 1970? Are you serious?"

"I understand, but you were asked a question and you answered," Lamas replied.

"I don't have a tie, we don't have a tie," Al-Sayed said.

In response to the question of whether he believes that America is "ready for a Muslim president" on the eve of the race in the Senate?

The Democratic candidate told Lamas that he had not discussed the alleged Muslim Brotherhood activity with his mother and accused the host of using "hearsay evidence from a tweet."

"It's just not serious," Al-Sayed said.

But you have followed the president to tell the truth, and when people ask you a question, do you expect the truth? Lamas then asked.

"Are you implying that I'm somehow lying?" Al-Sayed replied.

"I don't know, that's why I'm asking," Lamas replied.

"And I tell you it wasn't me," Al-Said told him.

Professor Iman Abdul Hadi. (University of Chicago)

During an interview that aired Sunday, Volker pressed Al-Sayed if he could "talk" about allegations of his and his family's ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, to which he emphatically replied "no" before his Republican challenger, Mike Rogers, launched Islamophobic attacks against him and his family.

However, according to Abdul Hadi, their mother was an active member of the Muslim Brotherhood.

In an X post in 2012, as first reported by the Washington Free Beacon, Abdul Hadi wrote: “I talked to my mother about her activity in the Muslim Brotherhood in the early 70s when she was at #Tehkam University.

Al-Sayed's half-sister blessed October 7, one year after the Hamas attack: "Allahu Akbar"

Their mother, Fatten Elkomy, studied at Alexandria University in Egypt, where the Muslim Brotherhood was active in the 1970s, according to a report by the Brookings Institution.

In another 2012 post, University of Chicago professor Abdul Hadi wrote, "My family has been MB for a long time, but I always felt it was weak/destructive in the political sphere."

In a third post from 2013, he wrote: "Praying for all my family supporting #MB in #Egypt. Rest in peace, stay safe."

The campaign also said the Muslim Brotherhood's accusations were "racist and false".

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