El-Sayed under fire for once signing letter urging Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood to ‘purge media and police’

Source: New York Post

WASHINGTON — Michigan Senate hopeful Abdul El-Sayed once signed a letter urging the then-newly crowned president of Egypt, a leader in the Muslim Brotherhood, to “purge” the media and police. The controversial progressive signed the letter to Mohamed Morsi in 2012 — just before Morsi’s government embarked on a cruel crackdown on journalists in Egypt, targeting at least half a dozen for “insulting Islam” and “insulting the president,” ultimately culminating in backlash and a coup. The Michigan hopeful now insists he disavows the Muslim Brotherhood, notorious for its radical offshoots, despite “Dr.