The fact that this is how you frame and simplify that exchange is pretty pathetic

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this is the reason these questions are asked. it doesn't matter how well el-sayed answers, the media get to write a headline with his name and the muslim brotherhood in it. heated, islamist, implications, criticize, disavow, dual loyalty, scary man bad

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SCOOP: 'Tommy' from the now-viral exchange with Abdul El-Sayed is Thomas Teepell, a former staffer for Republican Senator Josh Hawley with close ties to Christian Nationalist Sean Feucht. He's the son of a former Bobby Jindal staffer whose consultant work was instrumental in getting Hawley elected.

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He’s so smug and proud of himself for his “gotcha” question, and I hope this incident helps him realize that his political/rhetorical role models have inspired him to shit himself stupid across the entire internet

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Also, shit like this makes Anders a non-option for me. He doesn’t get to pick who donates to him, but I don’t think he’s really turning the All of MPLS crowd away either. bsky.app/profile/tayl...

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