El-Sayed Brotherhood tweets

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On October 13, 2026, the Washington Free Beacon published 2012 and 2013 tweets from Iman Abdeladi, a University of Chicago assistant professor and sister of Michigan Senate Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed, describing her family as long tied to the Muslim Brotherhood. The posts followed El-Sayed's denial on Meet the Press that he or his family had any such ties. He said he was not raised by his mother, called the tweets hearsay, and said he never discussed the Muslim Brotherhood with her. Coverage has noted his parents divorced when he was three, that his mother's ties were not secret, and that he described her in his book. On October 19 he said 'sure, yeah, absolutely' when an audience member asked…

How 4 podcasts covered it

1. Ruthless Podcast, 2026-10-13 (28:55 to 37:02)
   Cross-checks the sister's Brotherhood tweets
   Pulls up the Free Beacon's unearthed tweets from El-Sayed's sister Iman Abdeladi, who wrote that her family has long been Muslim Brotherhood, and sets them against his flat denial on Meet the Press. The hosts treat the posts as proof he lied and tie the story to a broader pattern they see in his campaign.
   New angle: Iman Abdeladi's 2012 and 2013 tweets say her family has long been Muslim Brotherhood, contradicting El-Sayed's Meet the Press denial.
2. The Dan Bongino Show, 2026-10-15 (45:00 to 48:36)
   Plays El-Sayed's answer on his mother
   Plays a clip of El-Sayed being questioned about the Muslim Brotherhood and adds his answer that he was not raised by his mother, framing the tweets as a family-ties problem he cannot shake.
   New angle: El-Sayed said he was not raised by his mother.
3. The Megyn Kelly Show, 2026-10-15 (27:58 to 31:52)
   Adds the family detail behind his answer
   Adds the family detail behind El-Sayed's answer: his parents divorced when he was three and he was raised by his father and stepmother, while his mother's Muslim Brotherhood ties were open, not secret, and he described her at length in his book.
   New angle: El-Sayed's parents divorced when he was three; his mother's Muslim Brotherhood ties were not secret and he described her in his book.
4. The Megyn Kelly Show, 2026-10-15 (31:46 to 33:33)
   Argues the Brotherhood attacks will not land
   Plays the Meet the Press exchange and argues the GOP's Muslim Brotherhood attacks will not land because anger over Israel is white-hot among independents and enough Republicans; urges the GOP to hit Medicare for All and trans stances instead.
5. Morning Wire, 2026-10-15 (5:35 to 7:01)
   Plays El-Sayed calling the tweets hearsay
   Plays the exchange in which El-Sayed, pressed by a reporter on the unearthed tweets, says he never had those conversations with his mother and calls the tweets hearsay; the segment also notes the race is a virtual tie.
   New angle: El-Sayed called the tweets hearsay and said he never discussed the Muslim Brotherhood with his mother.
6. The Megyn Kelly Show, 2026-10-19 (5:53 to 8:39)
   Plays the clip of El-Sayed's disavowal
   Plays the viral clip of El-Sayed telling a questioner at a campaign event he would disavow the Muslim Brotherhood, then runs Rogers's CNN response and the Kalshi odds. The on-camera disavowal is a new beat in the family-ties story the card has tracked since the Free Beacon tweets.
   New angle: El-Sayed said 'sure, yeah, absolutely' when an audience member asked him to disavow the Muslim Brotherhood.
7. The Dan Bongino Show, 2026-10-19 (1:02:05 to 1:04:28)
   Recaps Rogers on the Brotherhood family ties
   Recaps the family Muslim Brotherhood story, playing Rogers's weekend interview in which he says the issue is El-Sayed's family relationship with the group, banned in five Muslim countries. Stays inside the tweets already on the record, then pivots to Florida and Maine races.