Katie Britt and Tommy Tuberville’s rhetoric about Abdul El-Sayed is dangerous

By: Allison Berkowitz

Outlets: Alabama Reflector

Published: August 18, 2026

Words: 561

Last Updated: 9 hours, 33 minutes ago

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I was troubled to recently read comments by Alabama U.S. Sens. Katie Britt and Tommy Tuberville about Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for a U.S. Senate seat in Michigan, and his supporters. Britt called him a “terrorist sympathizer” and a “jihadist sympathizer” on television. Sen. Tuberville went a step further and posted online that Dr. El-Sayed is a “terrorist” and a “radical Islamist.” These are inflammatory accusations leveled at a physician and public …

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