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Abdul El-Sayed Compares Religious Scrutiny He Faces to JFK's Catholic Faith Questions
What happened
Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed compared himself to John F. Kennedy, drawing parallels between questions he has faced about Islam and his family's alleged ties to the Muslim Brotherhood and the scrutiny Kennedy received about his Catholic faith in the 1960s. The comparison was made when El-Sayed was asked to disavow the Muslim Brotherhood. The View co-hosts discussed whether the scrutiny represented legitimate concerns or Islamophobic questioning.
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No outlet on this side covered it.
Right-leaning outlets lead with criticism of the comparison itself, with National Review questioning whether "Catholicism did not shape Kennedy's political thought in the way that Islam may inform" El-Sayed's, and The Daily Wire calling the comparison "patently absurd." Some outlets emphasize El-Sayed's dismissal of questions as "crazy" and frame the Muslim Brotherhood ties as "alleged."
- NRAbdul El-Sayed Is No JFKNational Review · Lean Right
- NRThe Problem with Abdul El-Sayed’s JFK AnalogyNational Review · Lean Right
- DWAbdul El-Sayed, You’re No Jack KennedyThe Daily Wire · Right
- OANEl-Sayed asked to disavow Muslim Brotherhood — compares scrutiny of his Islamic religion to JFK’s CatholicismOne America News · Right
- FOX'The View' co-hosts defend El Sayed comparing himself to JFK over Muslim Brotherhood scrutinyFox News Digital · Right
- FOXAbdul El-Sayed invokes JFK to dismiss 'crazy' questions over family's alleged ties to Muslim BrotherhoodFox News Digital · Right
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