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All the Reasons Tommy Tuberville Believes Abdul El-Sayed is a "Terrorist"

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Carlos Greaves
Aug 09, 2026
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On Wednesday, Alabama senator and gubernatorial candidate Tommy Tuberville took to X to call Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed a “TERRORIST” and a “RADICAL ISLAMIST who will do everything he can to destroy America.”

In a TBR exclusive, the following is a written statement by Tuberville supporting his bold claim by analyzing El-Sayed’s campaign website:

My fellow Americans,

Let me start by saying that I, your favorite football-coach-turned-senator Tommy Tuberville, may not know much about homeland security. Or foreign policy. Or policy. But I do know a thing or two about playing defense. And America needs to start playing better defense—against terrorism.

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On Tuesday, Michigan Democrats voted to send Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed, a radical Islamist, to the US Senate. I’m going to break down El-Sayed’s campaign website, line-by-line, so you can see for yourself how this man is plotting against America. Here goes:

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