Former FBI street agent, former House Intelligence Chair, Army veteran, and current candidate for U.S. Senate in the state of Michigan, Mike Rogers, recently put out a statement calling on his Democratic Party opponent, Abdul El-Sayed, to return all cash that was donated to him from terrorist organizations, including the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and the Muslim Brotherhood.
“I guess when Abdul claims he wants ‘money out of politics,’ he doesn’t count terrorist organizations. As a former Army officer and House Intelligence Chair, I spent my life fighting to defeat terrorist organizations. Abdul cashes checks from them. It’s absolutely disqualifying and an insult to the brave men and women who’ve risked their lives in service to this great country. Abdul, return the money,” Rogers said in a statement.
According to a post published on Rogers’ campaign website, El-Sayed has a reputation for taking dirty money from the hands of those who support terrorist activities. For example, with arms wide open he received $130,000 from donors that have direct ties to CAIR, which has connections to a group linked with Hamas that has been designated a terrorist organization in several states.
The post went on to say that the donations came from a total of 41 staff or board members, including national board chairman Manal Fakhoury. Another group that El-Sayed gladly took money from is the Unity & Justice Fund, a super PAC that is controlled and funded by the lobbying arm of CAIR, which took credit for helping El-Sayed clinching the Democratic primary.
Amani Barakat donated $7,000 to help support El-Sayed. Barakat serves as the chair of Al-Awda, an organization that wants to see the American military completely dismantled. Tayeb Jukaku, El-Sayed’s father-in-law, donated $300,000 to his son-in-law’s campaign through a super PAC. Tayeb is the top leader of a Muslim Brotherhood Organization that is connected to terrorist funding and also serves as the president of CAIR Michigan.
This isn’t the first time that Rogers has come out swinging against his Democratic opponent. Earlier in the September, during the Republican National Committee midterm convention, he referred to El-Sayed as a “con man.” Much of his criticism of El-Sayed comes from his connections to radical left-wing Islamic influencer Hasan Piker.
El-Sayed has put some distance between himself and Piker due to some inflammatory comments the latter made against both Israel and Jewish Americans. “Abdul El-Sayed may be comfortable with that crowd. I certainly am not,” Rogers remarked. “He’s a con man. I’m a law man. This is not just another Senate race. This election is about the soul of our country.”
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He then explained that the race is about “American values” — about hard work, raising a family, worshiping freely and speaking your mind — and about “who you stand with when that American way of life is threatened.” Rogers has also made it clear that his top priorities are securing the border and building up American military might.
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