Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed told former NBC News host Chuck Todd on Friday that he would want to go on comedian Bill Maher's show to see his "a-- whooped" after his anti-Islam comments.During the "Noosphere" interview, El-Sayed said he'd be willing to appear on Maher or Joe Rogan's respective shows despite them espousing what he considered to be "terrible" beliefs because he'd want to speak with their audiences.In addition, El-Sayed claimed that he'd be willing to go on "Real Time" in order to watch Maher get his a-- whooped" by a Muslim.HASAN PIKER ACCUSES BILL MAHER OF BEING AN 'ISLAMOPHOBE' AND DEMONSTRATING 'ANTI-BLACKNESS'Abdul El-Sayed, U.S.Democratic Senate candidate from Michigan, called out "Real Time" host Bill Maher during an interview on Friday.
(Sarah Rice/Bloomberg via Getty Images)"You know how many terrible things Bill Maher has said about people like me?" El-Sayed said."Terrible, awful things.
Of course, he's still got his show on Comedy Central, and everybody seems to be perfectly okay going on that show despite the fact that he said deeply terrible things."He continued, "But you know who else would go on that show? I would go on that show.You know why? A: I wanna give people the image of watching him get his a-- whooped on his own show by a guy who prays like I do.
And I'd also go on the show because I want to convince the people who watch his show, right, that a lot of the things that he says, just not viable."Maher responded to El-Sayed's comments during his show on Friday and offered an invitation for the Michigan Democrat to appear on "Real Time."ABDUL EL-SAYED GRILLED ON PAST STATEMENTS ON SHARIA LAW AND WHITE SUPREMACY, TAXING THE RICH"It’s not people like you, I would love to have you on, sir, by the way," Maher said."And I hope we can make that happen.
I talk about Islam.It’s never personal, and it’s never about race.
It’s about ideas.Religion is an opinion.
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