The push to link Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed to the Muslim Brotherhood has become a major focus for CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss, Semafor reports. This effort has sparked internal friction as staffers claim the network is chasing theories that often originate from social media influencers or opposition research found in right-leaning outlets.
The interest in El-Sayed stems from a 2012 social media post by his half-sister, Eman Abdelhadi, who mentioned a conversation with their mother about her activism in the Muslim Brotherhood during the early 1970s. While El-Sayed has strenuously denied any ties to the organization, the topic remains a point of contention. El-Sayed has called the attempts to link him to the group insane, noting he was raised by his father and stepmother after his parents divorced when he was 3. He recently told reporters to judge him by his work rather than his faith.
