- Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed denied that he or his family had connections to the Muslim Brotherhood when questioned by NBC’s Kristen Welker on “Meet the Press” on Oct. 11. He suggested that Republican opponent Mike Rogers was promoting Islamophobic allegations against him and his family.
- Fox News cited social media posts by El-Sayed’s half-sister, Eman Abdelhadi, a University of Chicago professor, describing their mother, Fatten Elkomy, as having participated in Muslim Brotherhood activism while attending college in Egypt during the early 1970s. In a 2012 post, Abdelhadi also wrote that her family had long-standing connections to the organization; a 2013 post expressed concern for relatives supporting the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt.
- El-Sayed’s campaign rejected the allegations, saying independent fact-checkers had debunked Rogers’ claims and accusing his campaign of targeting El-Sayed’s religion and family.