Abdul El-Sayed Dodges When Jake Tapper Confronts Him About Saying People Were ‘Sad’ over the Ayatollah’s Death
‘Why were you worried about offending people who support the ayatollah?’
Jul 20, 2026 1:00 PM
By Grabien Staff
Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D) dodged CNN’s Jake Tapper on Sunday when asked why he said a lot of people were upset right after Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was killed.
El-Sayed ducked Tapper’s question during an interview on State of the Union.