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The El-Sayed Heckler’s Dad Got $250,000 to Campaign Against El-Sayed

The guy who tried and failed to catch Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed with a gotcha question about his supposed loyalty to the Muslim Brotherhood is reportedly the son of a Republican strategist who received $250,000 last month to campaign against El-Sayed. In the five-minute confrontation that has now gone viral, the young man, who […]

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