Republican Mike Rogers of Michigan appeared on CNN today and was peppered with questions from host Dana Bash, who repeatedly went out of her way to defend Abdul El-Sayed, the radical leftist who is running as a Democrat in the race.
As you’ll see in the video below, Bash continually filibustered over Rogers, insisting on his reaction from Trump’s recent remarks about El-Sayed.
When it comes to El-Sayed saying he has no connections to the Muslim Brotherhood, Dana Bash is more than willing to just take his word for it and clearly can’t understand why Rogers won’t do the same.
At one point, Rogers asks her why the media is so committed to defending El-Sayed but she doesn’t answer, of course.
Townhall has details:
“The President is effectively calling your opponent a terrorist,” Bash said. “You’re a former special agent with the FBI, former Intelligence Chair in the House. Are you comfortable with that?”
“Listen, I’ve never called him a terrorist. I wore the uniform of the United States of America so people can pray any way they want. That is not the issue here. What has become the issue is his relationship, and his family relationship with the Muslim Brotherhood, which is banned in five Muslim countries,” Rogers said. “He wants to play the victim, this is not about that.”
“This is about the way you think, not the way you pray. This is about your ideology and how dangerous it is,” Rogers continued. “I mean, he has a long history of supporting the Muslim Brotherhood. Which, by the way, diminishes women’s role in society just as they did when they took over in Egypt in 2012 and 2013. He supported that regime. He called for the purging of the press. He called for a purging of the police. If I were a member of the press, I’d start looking at this.”
You know this was a good answer, by the way, Bash responded.
“Congressman, I just want to go back to what the President said,” Bash interrupted.
“I don’t speak for the President,” Rogers replied.
Watch the video below:
WATCH: @MikeRogersForMI calmly dismantles Dana Bash’s attempt to force him to defend Trump’s attacks against Abdul El-Sayed, forces discussion back to MoBros ties, CAIR funding, and Hasan Piker. “I don’t want to debate with you,” said Bash as she was debating Rogers pic.twitter.com/Gj2VV2WSoq
— Jorge Bonilla (@BonillaJL) October 18, 2026
It’s as if Rogers is arguing with a member of El-Sayed’s campaign.
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