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Um, further along into the weeds of
election season coming up, we we see
Abdul El-Sayed. A lot of people think,
you know, there people mistakenly think
he's like
sophisticated and good off the cuff, but
it's very easy to see the game when he
gets asked a question. And I got news
for you. The reason
questions keep coming up, Abdul,
you know, he keeps trying to make it
about you know, every question. He's
like, "Why you ask me that? Why you ask
me that? Like, why you keep asking me
that?"
He's like,
"Okay, I'll answer your question, but
why do you keep asking the question?"
The reason the questions keep coming up
is cuz you refuse to answer them. You
know how a question goes away? By
answering it.
Answering it. It's not slick or suave or
impressive to just obviously evade
questions. I mean, why why I'm sorry,
you're you're you know, "Does your
mother have ties to the Muslim
Brotherhood?" "You you're bringing my
mother now, who's a nurse?" "Why would
you even bring that? I don't even know.
I I I I don't know who my mother is. You
know the you know the you know the
story?" Okay, let me ask you a question.
"Are you my mother?" "Remember that
children's book, Are You My Mother? Do I
know my mother?" "Who's to say we're
even related? Who's to say a mother and
a son are even related?" "The the fact
that you would bring this up, that's the
problem with our media, that's the
problem with our politics, that's the
problem with our culture today, is that
you guys obsess over this, over who
people's mothers are, who people's
families are. It's only my mother, my
sister, my family, my ties to care, and
ties to the Muslim Brotherhood that are
substantiated, there's a lot of evidence
for it, and you keep asking me about it.
Why?"
"Well, I've already said what I have to
say about this, and you keep bringing it
up." Yeah, you can't have it both ways.
You can't have Hasan campaign for
you and use his platform to elevate
yourself agreeing with his positions,
and then pretending like it's the media
that's bringing it up as a distraction.
You brought it in as an affirmation of
your positions. The reason he can't
answer these questions is because he
agrees with Hasan And because,
you know, when you're asked if Iran or
Israel, who's a bigger threat, who's a
bigger enemy, and you can't answer it,
the question's going to keep coming up,
cuz that's a disturbing position to
take. It has nothing to do with your
religious affiliation or identity. It
has to do with your ideology.
Whether you're Muslim, Christian,
whatever, Jewish,
Norman Finkelstein's Jewish, he has very
disturbing ideology. And I press him all
the same if he was running for political
power and higher office. And you turn it
into this whole ridiculous notion of
Islamophobia. Give me a break. Well, why
would you ask me that? Why would you ask
me that? It's because because I was
because I was born Muslim? Is that why
you ask me that? No, no, no. It's
because you're talking about the
Constitution and the freedom for you to
practice your faith. Fair enough.
But we're very concerned over the
regimes, the ideology,
the entities that you're associated with
that don't believe in religious freedom.
We're not gaslighting you. You're
gaslighting us. So, avoiding, dodging,
evasive maneuvers for all these
questions.
It's the very organizations you're
affiliated with that don't respect the
Constitution and the freedom of religion
and the freedom of speech that are
trying to
attain
political power
through the box through the uh
ballot box. I almost said box office.
Through the ballot box, through local
elections
in attempts to further Islamize the
West. This is a real agenda. This is a
real thing. And your affiliations with
it are suspect.
Not by the nature of the fact that you
have a certain religion you practice
privately. Don't make it about that.
It's nothing to do with that. It's
nothing to do with your identity. Has to
do with your ideology. And anyone of any
identity can hold an ideology.
That's the evasive maneuver. So, like,
why would you ask like guys, ask me any
question in the comments. I'll Abdul
al-Sayyid it for you. Let's see. Bring
up some comments here. Somebody says,
"Why do you care so much about freedom?"
Well, let me ask you why why you you ask
me this question, but why do you ask me
this question? Can I ask you a question?
Back No, I'll I'll I'll answer it. I'll
answer it. Now, I've dis- I've said what
I said. I've said this and I've said
that. It's just like
I've said what I said. But what the fact
that you asked me that, you think you
think Wait, so you're accusing me of
lying? You think that I'm lying to you
when I say these things because
that's beneath you. That's beneath you
and that's not what it stands for.
These are just evasive maneuvers and
it's very easy to uh
to uh
to see through it if you see the pattern
for Abdul. Why do you care so Why do I
care so much about freedom? Well, let me
tell you something. Let me tell you
something.
Let me tell you something.
The fact that you wouldn't ask me that
question, you're presuming something
about me.
And that's the problem with our
politics. That's the problem with our
media. That's the problem with our
institutions that have failed us.
Because you insist on asking questions
rather than solving problems.
And that's what I believe in the
constitution is we're here to solve
problems. And that's what I'm here to do
for Michiganders.
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