Guardian Australia · US midterm elections 2026

How Laura Loomer and Trump allies amplified ‘Muslim Brotherhood’ lie dogging Abdul El-Sayed

· By Robert Mackey
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Michigan US Senate candidate signaled support for Egypt’s pro-democracy movement in 2012, not Islamist groupThe Republican campaign to defeat Democrat Abdul El-Sayed in the Michigan Senate race by casting him as an Islamic extremist is based on a false claim first made by the conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer eight y…

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