Rogers: I never called El-Sayed a ‘terrorist’

Former Rep. Mike Rogers (R), who is running for Michigan’s open Senate seat, on Sunday said he never called opponent Abdul El-Sayed (D) a “terrorist.”

Rogers addressed President Trump’s anti-Muslim rhetoric toward El-Sayed during an interview on “Meet the Press” on NBC News. Host Kristen Welker asked if Rogers agreed with Trump in calling El-Sayed a “violent terrorist.”

“No, I don’t,” Rogers said. “I’ve never called him a terrorist. I’ve never called him a terrorist. This election is about me versus Abdul. I mean, he’s a Democrat-Socialist-of-America-aligned candidate who has these pretty radical support groups that don’t like America. I think those are issues people ought to decide their election on.”

Rogers claimed that El-Sayed has dismissed questions about alleged ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamist group founded in Egypt that has influenced and supported fundamentalist movements across the region, and accused Welker of not pressing El-Sayed on the alleged connection.

Welker pointed to El-Sayed writing a letter in 2012 in support of Egyptian protesters against former........

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