"I love America," Michigan's U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed insists. Saturday, he rallied a crowd in Detroit, interjecting "y'all" frequently as he spoke, putting on an African American accent to suit his audience.

All pols claim to love America, but when El-Sayed says it, he's lying. And that's only one of his lies.

His long paper trail of academic writings, before he ran for any political office, shows what he actually believes. The consistent theme is that if you're an Arab American, assimilating into American society is dangerous to your health. He has a toxic view of white America.

Across the U.S., there are 11 Muslim Americans running for Congress — overall, a positive sign that one of the fastest-growing immigrant groups is buying into our political values. Several of these candidates, such as Arizona's Zuhdi Jasser, are fine people.

But El-Sayed is a phony. As a medical student at Columbia University (he graduated but never completed his residency to qualify to practice), he wrote a string of papers purporting to prove that Arab Americans who blend into American society face numerous risks, from giving birth prematurely to succumbing to suicide. The message is clear: Live in America, but do not become........

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