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Cheers as Abdul El-Sayed schools 'bigoted Islamophobic heckler' at tense town hall

Cheers erupted Saturday night during a town hall in Caro, Michigan, after Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed fired back against an attendee who admittedly assumed the Muslim candidate would have “dual loyalties” if elected to Congress. “I have one simple question. Will you disavow the Muslim Brotherhood?” asked a town hall attendee who identified…

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