Abdul El‑Sayed exposes heckler as ex‑GOP staffer with Christian nationalist ties

politicsOct 19, 202618988

While campaigning in the Republican-leaning city of Caro, Michigan, Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed answered a shouted question from a man identifying himself as Tommy who asked whether El-Sayed would disavow the Muslim Brotherhood. El-Sayed replied that he would “absolutely” disavow extremist violence, invoked John F. Kennedy’s 1960 defense of religious pluralism, and said “I’m running for the U.S. Senate and happen to be Muslim,” arguing the Constitution guarantees freedom of religion. Video of the exchange shows El-Sayed turning the question back on Tommy, asking whether Tommy would disavow violations of separation of church and state; Tommy said no. Subsequent reporting identified Tommy as Thomas Teepell and said he previously served as operations director for Sen. Josh Hawley until February, and that Teepell has ties to Christian nationalist organizations and election-denier circles, according to a Handbasket Substack post cited by RawStory. The initial exchange and the later identification were reported by HuffPost, RawStory and the Handbasket post, and the developments reinforced scrutiny over who staged or framed such audience confrontations on the campaign trail.

Justin Baragona

@justinbaragona.bsky.social

Of course Bari Weiss has pushed CBS reporters to pursue the James Talarico was in a mental hospital and Abdul El-Sayed is tied to the Muslim Brotherhoid stories. Of course she has. www.semafor.com/article/10/1...

4353h ago

GOP dipshit11

This should be a treat for those who scream that Jews control the media.

gnielsen49.bsky.social6

Just further nails in the CBS coffin. Just what we all needed - another Newsmax. I can't get over how tragic it is that they ruined fricking CBS News and 60 Minutes. Incredible.

Jen-of-Λrc5

If Bari did, then she was acting on behalf of CBS & Talarico has grounds for a huge defamation lawsuit against both her & CBS.

Holli Winters5

This is what CNN will become soon. 🤬

nelsonoftrafalgar.bsky.social3

It almost seems like she actually believes the stupid shit she reads on X.

510Pat2

Her brain is fully cooked. Just like some billionaires we all know so well.

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Vituperative Erb40

It’s amazing that Weiss is as dumb as I thought she was

Fred, His Enemy Getting a Vote18

Of course, but she's having trouble pushing all of her agitprop out, which suggests someone is restraining her or she can be safely ignored sometimes.

Michael Paulauski♨️12

Honestly, fucking *good*, let the entire ratfucker media spin their wheels over absolute active bullshit that anyone with half a brain can refute. I'd rather they do this than try and come up with some *legitimate* October surprise lmao.

🎃Marley, a Werewolf of Wall Street 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈✍️🌕🐺3

Sure, she’s as smart as a sack of wet hair and half as qualified, but this woman understands the job she was hired to do.

🎃 damned3162

Comparing 9/11 to Covid? How? They’re not remotely comparable. Covid was objectively several orders of magnitude worse than 9/11. There were weeks where we were having several 9/11s every day and that comparison was made very frequently.

Steven Santos2

CBS News is The National Enquirer for politics.

Arbaz Kakkar5

@arbazkakkar5.bsky.social

Abdul El-Sayed has four degrees B.S Biology and Political Science, University of Michigan. M.D Doctor of Medicine Columbia University. Ph.D Doctor of Philosophy Epidemiology, Columbia University. D.Phil Doctor of Philosophy Public Health, University of Oxford.

2832h ago

Sasquatch8

Yeah, but Donald Trump’s uncle taught at MIT.

Daniel4

Tommy was punching above his weight.

Elizabetsy4

Couldn’t love + respect him more! We NEED him to win this. 👏💙💙💙

despseekingsigmund.bsky.social3

He’s impressive. But more importantly, HE’S UNAFRAID!!!!

AJ Nyx (she/her)1

Yeah yeah, but Trump "aced" the cognitive test, so... 😂

torqueaxlerod.bsky.social1

He sounds pretty qualified. That must terrify the R's.

The Fact of Other Minds Stan Account

@csilverandgold.bsky.social

Abdul El-Sayed owning a debate bro destroyed the lingering spirit of Charlie Kirk after his body was broken like how the witch in the lion the witch and the wardrobe was already dead but her spirit wasn’t fully cleansed til the British children sat on the thrones or whatever.

923h ago

The Fact of Other Minds Stan Account51

A Christian nationalist debate bro at that, literally the lingering evil spirit of Charlie.

mel in ballhalla 🏳️‍⚧️🔰♨️9

debate returned to its rightful place in the *liberal* arts

21st Century Schizoid Tran

@grayathena.bsky.social

Abdul El-Sayed has REFUSED to denounce the Magdeburg Wedding and other Papist atrocities

823h ago

1st Minnesota Volunteers Stan Account8

It’s very suspicious that his sister in law wrote an academic paper on noted habsburg papist stooge Charles Tilly

Mourn the Weenie1

His speech in favor of the Papists has disqualified him for the 1928 elections!

missingjigsaw.bsky.social1

Abdul El-Sayed has remained silent on the Devils of Loudon, the wretched Ursulines and the dastardly heretic Urbain Grandier.

corpse

@consume.red

abdul el-sayed has denounced the doctrines of mo di and yang zhu

172h ago

br00t4c

@br00t4c.bsky.social

Abdul El-Sayed heckler exposed as ex-GOP staffer with ‘Christian nationalist ties’: report www.rawstory.com/abdul-el-say...

119h ago

Bernard Zuel

@bernardzuel.bsky.social

These four currently perplexed why Abdul El-Sayed keeps being asked to disavow them. Sure, Save All Your Kisses For Me is rank, but their dance steps were top shelf, no?

82h ago

Capt. Spike 2099

@spikepoint.bsky.social

It took right wing propaganda in order to get me to realize it, but yes, I think I *would* like to watch Abdul El-Sayed and Hasan Piker make love

151h ago

Roadrunner33

@roadrunner33.bsky.social

Michigan born native Dr Abdul El-Sayed is running for Senate He has good policy proposals and wants to help all Michiganders on kitchen table issues like the economy for starters America needs change vote blue

72h ago

Sko Hayes

@skohayes.bsky.social

As first reported by Kabas on her Substack The Handbasket, Tommy was actually Thomas Teepell, who previously served as operations director for Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) until February of this year. www.rawstory.com/abdul-el-say...

37h ago

Rudely Van Gelder

@rudelyvangelder.bsky.social

>In 2012, Abdul El-Sayed’s half-sister, Eman Abdelhadi, described “an amazing talk with my mom about her activism in the Muslim Brotherhood during the early ’70s.”< So they’ve gone from “Are you now or have you ever been?” to “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon” to "Nicki Minaj's Cousin's Friend's Balls."

82h ago