# Rogers fires back at Welker over El-Sayed’s Muslim Brotherhood controversy, ‘You are giving him a pass’

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/rogers-fires-back-at-welker-over-el-sayeds-muslim-brotherhood-controversy-you-are-giving-him-a-pass/
- Published: 2026-10-25T21:58:57+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-25T23:23:00+00:00
- Original publisher: Fox News (publisher lean: Far right)
- Original article: https://www.foxnews.com/media/rogers-fires-back-welker-over-el-sayeds-muslim-brotherhood-controversy-you-giving-him-pass
- Topics: Government, Politics, World

## Key points

- Rogers accused Welker of going easy on El-Sayed.
- Welker raised Rogers’s past remarks about engaging with the Brotherhood.
- El-Sayed has denied affiliation with the organisation.

## Summary

Michigan Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers accused NBC’s Kristen Welker of giving his Democratic rival, Abdul El-Sayed, a pass over alleged links to the Muslim Brotherhood. Welker said El-Sayed had denied affiliation with the group and challenged Rogers over his own earlier remarks about engaging with its moderate members.

Rogers said those 2012 remarks concerned protecting intelligence cooperation between Egypt and Israel, and denied calling El-Sayed a terrorist. The article cites a 2012 letter backing Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi, which El-Sayed reportedly signed with 45 others, and social media posts by his half-sister describing family connections to the Brotherhood. El-Sayed has denied ties to the organisation.

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