Michigan Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers accused the press of being "eager" to protect his opponent, Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed, on CNN's "State of the Union" Sunday.During his interview with host Dana Bash, Rogers criticized El-Sayed as Bash repeatedly pressed him to comment on President Donald Trump calling El-Sayed a "jihadist."Rogers denied ever referring to El-Sayed as a terrorist himself but argued that there were legitimate concerns over El-Sayed's ideology and his family's alleged past support for the Muslim Brotherhood.HISTORIC NEWSPAPER GIVES EL-SAYED A SAVAGE REBUKE FOR HIDING HIS PAST WHILE ENDORSING HIS OPPONENTMichigan Republican U.S.Senate candidate former U.S.
Rep.Mike Rogers (R-MI) sparred with CNN's Dana Bash over Abdul El-Sayed.
(CNN/YouTube/Screenshot)"He has a long history of supporting the Muslim Brotherhood, which, by the way, diminishes women's role in society, just as they did when they took over in Egypt in 2012 and 2013," Rogers said."He supported that regime."Bash began interrupting, but Rogers remarked that the press should be more concerned."He called for the purging of the press.
He called for purging of police.As a matter of fact, if I were the press, I would start looking at this," Rogers said.Later on in the segment, Rogers and Bash sparred again over a viral clip of El-Sayed responding to whether he disavows the Muslim Brotherhood after past scrutiny of his family's alleged connections to the group.Bash insisted that El-Sayed responded, "Sure, yes" when asked, but Rogers denied it, calling it a larger issue with his ideology.MICHIGAN DEMOCRAT CONFIRMS SISTER-IN-LAW'S TERROR WATCHLIST LAWSUIT DAYS BEFORE OBAMA CAMPAIGN APPEARANCEAbdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for U.S.
Senate, has faced scrutiny over his family's alleged ties to the Muslim Brotherhood.(Anadolu via Getty Images)"No, that's not true.
Dana, listen —" Rogers said."I don't want to debate with you," Bash interjected."I don't know why the pre...