Why 🐵 UnitedStatesNews-NoOpEd picked: Man who heckled Abdul El-Sayed is former Josh Hawley aide, records show

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Thomas Teepell, who worked for Republican senator, demanded El-Sayed disavow Muslim Brotherhood A man who heckled Democratic candidate for Senate Abdul El-Sayed and demanded he disavow the Muslim Brotherhood at a Michigan townhall is a former aide to the Republican senator Josh Hawley, according to congressional staff records.At the event on Saturday, an attendee who gave his name only as “Tommy” shouted from the crowd, asking whether El-Sayed would disavow the movement. El-Sayed answered: “Sure, yeah, absolutely,” then turned the question around, asking whether the man assumed he wouldn’t. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/19/abdul-el-sayed-heckler-tommy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a>

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