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CNN host forced to intervene as tense El-Sayed Muslim Brotherhood debate goes off rails

A CNN panel discussion about Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed’s response to questions about the Muslim Brotherhood got so heated that the moderator had to step in. The segment followed a tense moment at a Saturday town hall in Caro, Michigan, where an attendee repeatedly pressed El-Sayed about the Islamist political movement. “Abdul,…

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