El-Sayed spats with Baier over Muslim Brotherhood question: ‘Be a journalist’

Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed pushed back at Fox News’s Bret Baier in an interview that aired on Friday evening over questions about his alleged ties to an Islamist political group. 

After Baier began asking the candidate about accusations repeatedly made by his opponent, former Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.), that the Democrat has ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, El-Sayed cut him off. 

“Let me just stop you right there,” the Democrat said. “You are asking this question to raise a question about whether or not I have dual loyalty.”

The journalist replied, “I’m not,” and returned to reading the campaign’s accusations. 

El-Sayed interrupted him again and accused Baier of trying to take things “out of context” and asked him to “be a journalist.”

“As a journalist, if you’re asking about my........

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