The View Co-Hosts Defend El-Sayed's JFK Comparison as Muslim Brotherhood Scrutiny Follows 2012 Family Post
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Updated · Fox News · Oct 19
The View Co-Hosts Defend El-Sayed's JFK Comparison as Muslim Brotherhood Scrutiny Follows 2012 Family Post
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Oct 19
Summary
Whoopi Goldberg and Sunny Hostin backed Abdul El-Sayed after he likened questions about alleged Muslim Brotherhood ties to the anti-Catholic scrutiny John F. Kennedy faced, saying he was being cast as having “dual loyalties.”
The dispute followed a recent town hall where El-Sayed disavowed the Muslim Brotherhood but objected to the question, arguing it assumed disloyalty because he is Muslim.
Alyssa Farah Griffin and Sara Haines split from that defense, saying concerns tied to a group accused of extremism are not equivalent to questioning a candidate’s religion, even if the reported links involve family members rather than El-Sayed himself.
The scrutiny stems from a 2012 social media post by El-Sayed’s half-sister describing their mother’s Muslim Brotherhood activism in Egypt in the early 1970s.
Brooke Goldstein, reacting after the segment, said the JFK analogy deflects from national-security questions because Treasury and State designated several Muslim Brotherhood chapters this year over support for Hamas.