CBS Mornings would apparently prefer Michigan voters stop hearing about Democrat Abdul El-Sayed’s alleged ties to The Muslim Brotherhood. On Friday, CBS correspondent Ed O’Keefe suggested voters had issues more dire than El-Sayed’s familial past, while NBC’s Tom Llamas had spent Wednesday’s NBC Nightly News pressing El-Sayed for answers about the allegations.
Co-host of CBS Mornings Vladimir Duthiers introduced the Michigan contest, noting that El-Sayed held a narrow polling lead over Republican Mike Rogers. O’Keefe then described the controversy as part of an increasingly personal campaign and pivoted instead to the cost of living:
It is getting a bit fiery out here on the campaign trail with the Vice President and Republican Mike Rogers once again claiming that Democrat Abdul El-Sayed has ties to The Muslim Brotherhood. Claims he has repeatedly denied. Voters watching the back and forth want it to end, and say the focus should instead be on cutting the cost of living.
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