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Democratic Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed denied having any personal or familial connections to the Muslim Brotherhood during an NBC interview, a statement that conflicts with public posts by his half-sister, Eman Abdelhadi.
On Sunday's "Meet the Press," NBC's Kristen Welker asked El-Sayed to set the record straight regarding allegations that his family had ties to the group.
El-Sayed answered, "No," and repeated the denial when Welker specifically asked if his family did not have ties.
He suggested that his Republican opponent, Mike Rogers, was using Islamophobic attacks against him and his family.
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