WATCH: Abdul El-Sayed Goes Absolutely Ballistic after Getting Called Out by Liberal Media Outlet for Lying about His Ties to the Muslim Brotherhood

Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed became visibly agitated after NBC News confronted him with social media posts that appeared to contradict his denial that his family had ties to the Muslim Brotherhood. NBC anchor Tom Llamas pressed El-Sayed about posts attributed to his half-sister discussing their mother’s activism in the Islamist organization. El-Sayed dismissed the posts as “hearsay evidence” and questioned why the network was asking him about events in Egypt during the 1970s. Llamas refused to let the candidate sidestep the question.

The tense exchange aired Wednesday on “NBC Nightly News” as El-Sayed campaigns against Republican Mike Rogers for Michigan’s open U.S. Senate seat. It followed a Sunday appearance on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” during which moderator Kristen Welker asked El-Sayed whether he or his family had any ties to the Muslim Brotherhood. El-Sayed answered, “No,” before Welker asked again, “And your family doesn’t?” El-Sayed repeated, “No.”

Llamas returned to that answer after posts attributed to El-Sayed’s half-sister, University of Chicago professor Eman Abdelhadi, began circulating. “Newly revealed past tweets from El-Sayed’s half-sister appearing to call his answer into question,” Llamas said. He displayed several posts that directly referenced the family and the Muslim Brotherhood. El-Sayed’s demeanor quickly changed as Llamas began reading them aloud.

“Had an amazing talk with my mom about her activism in the Muslim Brotherhood during the early 70s while she was in college #respect,” one post said. Another read, “My family has long been MB, but I’ve always felt that it has navigated the political sphere poorly/destructively.” A third said, “Praying for all my family that supports the #MB in #Egypt. Lie low, stay safe.” The Washington Free Beacon reported that the posts were written in 2012 and 2013 and identified El-Sayed’s mother as Fatten Elkomy, who attended Alexandria University in Egypt.

“Can you just explain it?” Llamas asked. El-Sayed responded by listing his personal and professional connections to Michigan rather than addressing what his half-sister had written. “Yeah, Tom. It’s funny to me. I was born in 1984 down the street in Rochester Hills. I was raised here in Michigan. Went to the University of Michigan. Rebuilt the health department in this city. Led the health department in this county. Hey, you want to ask me about what was happening in Egypt in 1970? Are you serious?”

“I get it, but you were asked a question, and you gave an answer,” Llamas replied. El-Sayed insisted that his original response was accurate, saying, “Yeah, I’m telling you, like, I have no ties. We have no ties.” Llamas immediately followed up: “So your mother had no ties?” El-Sayed didn’t directly answer that question, instead saying, “I have never had these conversations with my mother. I wasn’t raised by my mother.”

Watch the heated exchange here:

“So you were unaware?” Llamas asked. El-Sayed again challenged the premise of the question and attacked the evidence being presented by NBC. “But I’m just telling you that, like, you’re using hearsay evidence from a tweet,” he said. “This is not serious. It’s not serious.”

Llamas then reminded El-Sayed that he has publicly attacked President Donald Trump over questions of honesty and truthfulness. “But you’ve also gone after the president for truthfulness. So when people ask you a question, they do expect the truth,” the NBC anchor said. El-Sayed fired back, “Are you insinuating that somehow I was lying?” Llamas answered, “I don’t know. That’s why I’m asking.” El-Sayed concluded by insisting once more that his earlier denial was truthful, saying, “And I’m telling you, I was not.”

Featured image credit: screengrab from the embedded video.