Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed is catching flak from across the political spectrum for comparing circumcision to child sex changes during a Monday night appearance on "Jesse Watters Primetime.""So you think it’s okay for a parent to slash his kid’s ding-a-ling off?" Watters asked El-Sayed."Are you circumcised?" El-Sayed asked Watters.ABDUL EL-SAYED GRILLED ON PAST STATEMENTS ON SHARIA LAW AND WHITE SUPREMACY, TAXING THE RICHMichigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed joined "Jesse Watters Primetime" on Monday.(Fox News)"Circumcision’s different than castration," Watters responded."It’s a problem that you think you get to decide what happens between a parent, a doctor and a patient," El-Sayed went on.
"I’m just saying that, yes, circumcision is surgery on a kid’s ding-a-ling."Even some on the left didn’t buy into El-Sayed’s attempt to compare sex changes with circumcision."This talking point isn’t it,"Ryan Grim, a co-founder of the left-wing outlet DropSite News, wrote in response to a clip of the exchange.SOCIALIST INSURGENTS EYE MIDWEST GAINS AS DEM CIVIL WAR THREATENS MUST-HOLD SENATE SEATAbdul El-Sayed, a progressive candidate in the Democratic primary for U.S.Senate in Michigan, speaks during a primary election night event Wednesday, Aug.
5, 2026, at the Majestic Theatre in Detroit.(Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP Photo)"I’m actually agreeing with Jesse Waters…" Andrew Laufer, a New York-based civil rights attorney, posted."Abdul El-Sayed just compared circumcision to chopping a kid's entire penis off.
Circumcision and castration are not the same, Abdul! Play this on repeat through November," Turning Point USA spokesperson Andrew Kolvet wrote."He might be worse than Kamala Harris," conservative pundit Benny Johnson posted."Holy crap, Abdul El-Sayed said circumcision is similar to sex change operations on minors," OutKick founder Clay Travis wrote.Others took opportunities to poke fun at El-Sayed for asking a news host...