In a clip aired on NewsNation's CUOMO, Abdul El-Sayed is asked to disavow the Muslim Brotherhood and answers "Yeah, absolutely." He then asks why the question was put to him, suggesting it implied dual loyalties or an allegiance higher than the Constitution. The questioner says he still hasn't heard a disavowal, and El-Sayed replies: "But I just did."
The receipt
- Who
- Abdul El-Sayed
- Where
- interview - clip aired on NewsNation's CUOMO
- Original footage
- NewsNation · watch the full video from this moment
- Length
- 52 seconds, unedited within the cut
- Plays
- 168 on Instagram
Read the transcript
Here's how he handled it. I have one simple question. Will you disavow the Muslim Brotherhood? Yeah, absolutely. But I want to ask you the question that you're asking. Why are you asking the question? Well, because they're a terrorist group. Okay. No, no, but what are you implying? Do you assume that I wouldn't? Yes. Why not? Because I have not heard you disavow them yet. Have you disavowed them? I haven't heard you disavow them yet. You're asking the question because implicitly you assume that I'll have dual ordinances, right? You assume that somehow I wouldn't disavow, or that I'll have some higher order allegiance than the Constitution, correct? Tommy, is that what you imply? Yes. Why would you think that about me? Because I have not heard you dissuade me. No, no, no, no. Why would you actually think that about me? Because I have not heard you dissuade me. But I just did.
Machine transcript of the clip's audio; names are checked, small words may differ.