Rogers spanks El-Sayed

 J.R. Dunn  

"As for Rogers, if the rest of the GOP slate acted like this, we’d have nothing to worry about." 

"The focus on James [Talarico]’s quest for sanity this weekend has taken some of the focus off the other critical Senate campaign, that of Mike Rogers against Abdul Muhammed el-Sayed on Saturday night

"Which is a pity, because on Saturday night, Rogers pretty much wiped the floor with El-Sayed during the Michigan Senate campaign debate.

"Rogers relentlessly hammered El-Sayed al Misri throughout the debate, seldom if ever letting up. Some of the more sensitive souls on our side might say that he was too brutal, too harsh, and too unrelenting, but he really had no choice, since the moderator, a local nonentity named Rick Abin, was filling the customary Dem-leaning role, yapping over Rogers while he spoke but listening respectfully to El-Sayed. Rogers was not playing, much to his credit. It was, all in all, a most unGOP performance, particularly as it occurred in a Northern Tier state. (It would  – and perhaps did – have sent Karl Rove staggering to his fainting couch: “I didn’t invent American conservatism to serve as a platform for this kind of crude, vulgar, undignified hijinks.”)

"Rogers left very few targets unserviced.

"Regarding Al-Sayed’s status as a “doctor”: “He’s not really a doctor… If somebody came into his office and he tried to treat them, he’d go to jail.”

"Regarding his unusual real estate holdings: “He has a home in the United Arab Emirates,” Rogers said while discussing last week’s revelation that El-Sayed holds dual citizenship with Egypt. Doc Sayed responded with “He’s got a house in Florida,” to which Rogers replied, “At least Florida is in the United States.”

"But things really lit up when Rogers began discussing El-Sayed’s terror connections through his mother. This exchange throws some light on the quality of thinking that went into the Rogers campaign’s debate prep. He did not attack El-Sayed’s mother directly, or at all. Instead, he simply compared her job with the Islamic American Relief Agency, a Hamas and Al Qaeda affiliate, with his own mother’s humble career." . . .  

Regarding his unusual real estate holdings: “He has a home in the United Arab Emirates,” Rogers said while discussing last week’s revelation that El-Sayed holds dual citizenship with Egypt. Doc Sayed responded with “He’s got a house in Florida,” to which Rogers replied, “At least Florida is in the United States.”    More.

 El-Sayed: the honesty and tolerance of Islamists   

"E[l]-Sayed has consistently dodged saying anything negative about the Iranian Islamist regime. At his recent debate with Republican Mike Rogers, he continued dodging: Michigan Senate hopeful Abdul El-Sayed repeatedly refused to answer whether he considers Iran or Israel to be the “greater threat to the United States.”

. . . "That’s a significant issue, as is El-Sayed’s non-response. Iran is historically a Persian, not an Arabic and Islamic nation. Islam was imposed on them after the Shah was deposed, which explains why the IRGC so willingly slaughters Iranians who violate Sharia, Islamic customs, and dare to protest."  . . .

The daughter of a Hamas founder left Islam for Christianity and said she was
taught to k*ll Jews and Christians, and that their Jesus returns to destroy the cross   . . . "She fled Gaza after her conversion because apostasy carries the d*ath penalty under Islamic law. She is now in a protected location. Pew Research estimated 3.45 million Muslims in the United States in 2017 and projected 8.1 million by 2050, driven by higher fertility and continued migration. The same teachings Al Qawasmi described travel with that growth.